Lagu tersebut mereka kover dari lagu yang sama ciptaan Leonard Cohen yang dirilis di album studio ketujuh Cohen pada Desember 1984 bertajuk "Various Positions".
Lagu itu bercerita tentang cinta yang telah memburuk dan basi. Cohen menggunakan banyak referensi keagamaan, termasuk referensi ke beberapa wanita yang ada dalam Alkitab, seperti Batsyeba dan Delilah.
"Hallelujah" sendiri berakar dari kata dalam bahasa Ibrani yang berarti "Kemuliaan bagi Tuhan", menurut Cohen, dilansir dari laman Songfacts.
Video musik yang menampilkan anggota Pentatonix "mengkover" lagu "Hallelujah" telah ditonton lebih dari 756 juta kali di YouTube, sejak diunggah pada 21 Oktober 2016.
Lirik lagu "Hallelujah" sebagai berikut:
Well I've 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
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to her kitchen chair
And she broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
But baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
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 ya
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Bait lagu tambahan yang terkadang dinyanyikan:
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.
Pewarta: Abdu Faisal
Editor: Suryanto
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