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grudrookin t1_ix7ymyb wrote

Reply to comment by MacAlkalineTriad in TIL singer songwriter Leonard Cohen claimed to have written approximately 150 draft verses of his most famous song "Hallelujah", a claim substantiated by his notebooks containing manifold revisions and additions, and by contemporary interviews. by big_macaroons

Well it uses a number of biblical references, so it sounds Christian. Obviously, Cohen had a Jewish background learning those stories.

But it's really about a rocky relationship where the sex was so good it felt spiritual, but was otherwise broken.

You'd think using religious language to describe orgasms would make it inappropriate to use at funerals, but that is not at all the case.

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Handpaper t1_ix83p0s wrote

It can join the list of 'songs that people think are nice, but really aren't'.

Includes "Every Breath You Take", "Gloria", etc.

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