Fat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoTIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba Edit: It's inspired by rather than about apparently.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba Edit: It's inspired by rather than about apparently.lemmy.worldFat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation Piped link to the song. (It’s so good)
minus-squareAnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoIt’s not even inspired by. It’s half a stanza in the song. He was using Biblical imagery in part of it to illustrate the struggle in man between the divine and the animal. Did you read the lyrics before posting?
It’s not even inspired by. It’s half a stanza in the song.
He was using Biblical imagery in part of it to illustrate the struggle in man between the divine and the animal.
Did you read the lyrics before posting?