The music actually plays the 4th and 5th chord progression in the piece and Cohen plays an a minor chord when he says "minor."Īfter it is established that the subject doesn't care for music, Cohen goes on to explain the music anyway. The chord structure of the piece is exactly with the lyrics. (Still talkin about the first verse here) "You dont really care for music do you?" Possibly the subject in this verse is the woman that David killed for, and that the sarcasm is that the woman doesn't realize how great David's sacrifice was through breaking his relation with God by displeasing him. The first verse is very very fascinating. King David sacrificed his morals and his relation with God by killing a man to obtain love, and that is why the Hallelujah is so dark. Possibly this Hallelujah is a corrupted Hallelujah. Many people have already mentioned the biblical references to the story of King David (who supposedly was a composer of God) and his struggles with lusting over a woman and King David kills her husband and thus does the dirty deed. In a long long car trip my friend and I decided we should listen to the song and pause it, rewind, listen again, rewind, and analyze this song and here's what we came up with. Wow, everyone has such deep interpretations of these lyrics, and they're all a great read. I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya She broke your throne, and she cut your hairĪnd from your lips she drew the Hallelujahīut if I did, well really, what's it to ya? Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
Your faith was strong but you needed proof That David played, and it pleased the Lordīut you don't really care for music, do ya?
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