Tagged: Leonard Cohen

Kintsugi

“Kintsugi” by Lana Del Rey

It’s Lana Del Rey season, dear readers. The songstress’s ninth studio album, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”, has been released today, on 24 March 2023, with the backing of Interscope and Polydor, her longtime...

Figurative language

Figurative Language in Popular Songs

Figurative language – i.e. the usage of similes, metaphors, allusions, personifications and hyperboles – is arguably the greatest tool at a songwriter’s disposal outside of words themselves. That’s because practically every song you hear, no...

Hallelujah

Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” Lyrics Meaning

“Hallelujah” is a song that was originally released in 1984 by another artist named Leonard Cohen. And we already analyzed the meaning of the original “Hallelujah”, with Jeff Buckley’s version being almost identical lyrically. However, there...

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Lyrics Meaning

This is a song in which the singer employs the word “hallelujah” in different contexts, but primarily in regards to romance. That being said, let’s delve deeper into the actual meaning of “Hallelujah”. Verses...