Hallelujah

This Hebrew exultation, which literally means "Praise the Lord", has come to take on a different but related meaning -- the most joyous form of praise to the Lord.

This implies that the act of praising should be an enjoyable experience. An ultimately selfish process. It is all about you.

I am an agnostic. I'm not even supposed to be writing about these things. But I have realized that the positive effects of praise -- in whatever form -- cannot be denied.

Jeff Buckley's take on this word, and the concept that it encapsulates, sums up all the emotions and thoughts that go with the pleasures of worship. Listen to the song (search it up) for the complete experience... Here are the words to the song:

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(Words by Leonard Cohen)

Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well it goes like this:The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
And she tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Well baby I've been here before
I've seen this room, and I've walked this floor,
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Well there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Well maybe there´s a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
And it's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah
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Now where's the praise in that?

Peace.