

Though it certainly wasn’t what he was referring to, many kinds of “Hallelujah”s - as in, versions of Cohen’s song - exist as well, but with wildly varying degrees of value.

It’s a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way, but with enthusiasm, with emotion.” I say all the perfect and broken hallelujahs have an equal value. “The song explains that many kinds of hallelujahs do exist.

“Hallelujah is a Hebrew word which means, ‘Glory to the Lord,’” the late Leonard Cohen once noted when asked about “Hallelujah,” quite possibly the best-known song in his rich and enduring catalog of compositions.
