Hallelujah (Is Not a Christmas Song)

[@jrcrawford4]

Playing this as a Christmas song is like playing "I Will Always Love You" and "Freebird" at your wedding.

[@sihollett]

Or Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) at funerals.

[@vedinthorn]

Freebird can be played anywhere for any reason in the South.

[@mirandaoberhausen739]

@@sihollett Time of your Life was my high school class's "Senior Song" that we chose to play at graduation. I was literally the only person that was like 'uhhh. . . guys?"

[@darthmaltodextrin1899]

My grandparents played the song "My Generation" at their 50th anniversary. One of it's lyrics says "I hope I die before I get old."

[@loafer352]

wait, doesn't everybody do that?

[@kekort2]

Same for "If I Were a Carpenter." I'd also like to add that yes, in fact, Mary did know. Gabriel told her.

[@rtwfreak2012]

I love the rendition June and Johnny did of If I was a Carpenter, but it must be obvious to anyone that it is a lovesong right?

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

Most of the questions Mary was asked in the song she did not know the answer to. Like the walking on water.

[@zachdavenport8509]

I don't think Mary understood the full extent of what Jesus would do. Most Jews understood the Messiah to be a political figure.

[@carlosfernandez7062]

​@@zachdavenport8509 Indeed. Actually, at some point of Jesus' life, she might have thought he was mad (Mark 3:21)

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

At any rate it's an attempt to write the life and death of Jesus Christ in the mind of a woman just after an angel told her she'd have the Messiah. It's probably written by someone who thought she's a sinner because people who don't usually also don't think about how she didn't know everything.

[@pastnastification69]

Your pick a phrase, you pick a rhyme Repeat the sound another time Five iambs then an extra beat'll do ya Anther rhyme, a riding note Congratulations, you just wrote Another blipping verse of hallelujah

[@terryburton4463]

There should be some sort of award for the best comments on KZbin. You'd be a shoe-in!

[@heatherthedutch-american1481]

This is the best rhyming I've seen in a long time. I applaud you😂

[@lifetodamax]

Liked and screenshotted

[@Slavaisusukhrystu]

Hallelujah! Haha lujah! Hallelujah!

[@annep.1905]

"Now here is a song I love to hate, The words are dumb, but the tune is great, The writer must have been smoking marijuana. As he puffed upon his smelly joint, He wrote what he thought was an awesome point, Then leaned back and said 'how great is marijuana.'

[@stealthlock6634]

It’s a good thing my first exposure to this song is, of all things, the Shrek movie

[@rtwfreak2012]

same

[@ranzamaceanruig]

#metoo

[@makpettus]

Same bro

[@aleckim9337]

same

[@garryrichardson4572]

Like wise😂 and I know my bible enough to know the David line and cutting hair is all mixed/ messed up. Samson and David were way different times.

[@unclevroomvroom]

I've been trying to tell people this for years! They roll it out around Christmas time, and play it with all the other "Christmas" songs. Thank you!!

[@steveself5429]

Its not even a Christian Song. let alone Christmas

[@sihollett]

But it mentions Bible characters and is called "praise the Lord". Clearly it's Christian because of that. /s

[@k9builder]

I have never figured out how they got it into a movie that was supposedly meant for kids.

[@sihollett]

@@k9builder Shrek was for kids?

[@DugrozReports]

www.rollingstone.com/feature/how-leonard-cohens-hallelujah-brilliantly-mingled-sex-religion-194516/ ... not a great song.

[@azsli2]

It's about king david trying to bang his neighbor. It's a story from the bible. I think that's why it's marked as a Christian song

[@BassPlayer60134]

I agree. But Die Hard is still a Christmas movie.

[@---bh9ud]

)))

[@jonwatson3271]

Nah.

[@DWCPodcast]

Wait is that up for debate?

[@nobobonobo]

Facts

[@carlsiouxfalls]

So is Iron Man 3.

[@jenniferadams1497]

I was at a funeral for a school teacher. She was a great christian lady. It was also a very conservative church. I guess it was her daughter who picked it out ( who was all of 22, maybe). This song was played as one of the commemorative songs in the moments of reflections. I hate to try really hard to hide my chuckles and a little shock.

[@cheems5693]

Donnell & Connell meet Kenneth Copeland? Just a thought. New to the channel. Love your stuff, God bless 👍

[@Malhaloc]

I second this!

[@sebfetea3408]

You could make a series off Ken Copeland he's that much of a heretic

[@Baltic_Hammer6162]

A ton of source material in that combo!

[@LarryStarrStixx]

I third!

[@senttosiberia]

Forth!

[@ranzamaceanruig]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Finally, someone said it!!!!! I am SO sick of my local 24-hour-a-day-Christmas-Station playing this along with the other THREE songs in their rotation (those being, "Last Christmas - George Michael", "Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney", and "So, This is Christmas - John Lennon")! I just gave up listening altogether. You have earned a new subscriber!

[@darlahaines6928]

Also, LGBTQ ally Mariah Carey and what all she wants for Christmas. IMO she may be one of the reasons the Taliban represses women since the militants think all women are inherently evil and worth less than men.

[@elizabethmurphy3931]

THANK YOU! I cant tell you how confused Pandora radio is. I actually have a station for "Traditional Christmas Hymns" and it plays that idiotic song repeatedly. No matter how many times I tell it to stop!

[@wererabbit63]

Well, Take Me To Church.

[@legitsebas0157]

Haha nice one

[@johnmarquardt1991]

FINALLY!!! Thank you Pr Hans Fiene. I hate to think about all the children singing this in Christmas Eve programs .... if only their parents knew ... now they do.

[@diane520]

Oh my, REALLY? That's creepy!

[@danielcharland1374]

I didn't even know that it was considered 'Christmas music", I've just been concerned about hearing people think of it in any sort of spiritual manner these days. I've even heard the song-- with replacement lyrics-- used at church! I first heard this song in a liberal college class of "spiritual memoirs" where they tried to use it to push some twisted spiritual message that I've thankfully blocked out of my memory. Also, great singing!

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

Well it does allude to David and Bathsheba.

[@black_horse_lover2655]

What’s wrong with changing the lyrics? A lot of the hymns were bar song that they just changed the lyrics to glorify God.

[@AaronTheStupidFace]

​@@black_horse_lover2655 I find that incredibly hard to believe, and even if that's true, most of the hymns that have actual spiritual value were written in the great depression and by Christians who suffered great trouble in their lives, like "What A Friend", "I'll Fly Away", "At Calvary", "Kneel At The Cross". Those people put their tears and hard work into those lyrics. I don't see God having someone re-write "Big Rock Candy Mountain" to fit in worship songs, because people know where the melody came from and that would cause division. But when you sing any of the hymns I mentioned- made for praising God- I can't help but get excited about worshipping God.

[@black_horse_lover2655]

@@AaronTheStupidFace This reminds me of what Paul said in 1 Corinthians: “But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience- the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience? If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God. Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God-” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10:28-32‬ ‭ Maybe I’m wrong about some of the hymns being bar songs, but It’s impossible to pour your heart out, work hard and praise God in lyrics for a melody you didn’t write? It’s not a sin or a bad thing to change the lyrics of a song. (Especially when the melody is beautiful) Also, the people back then would have recognized the original songs. My point here was that it’s so nit-picky and frivolous to condemn someone for worshiping God by changing lyrics. If you personally can’t worship God in that way that’s perfectly acceptable, but you cannot denounce and take the moral high ground on people who can.

[@AaronTheStupidFace]

@@black_horse_lover2655 my intention isn't to look holier than you. I'm not. I'm on the same level you are. What I'm saying is that the songs I referred to were not bar songs, and they WERE written by the Christian's. If they had been bar songs orignally, then I'm certain God wouldn't have much to do with that. I'm not denouncing you. I'm denouncing the songs that originated from drunkards. My point isn't to make you look bad, but for you to say that these Holy Ghost inspired Hymns that were originally for the cause of Christ are nothing more than bar songs with different words is both spiritually and historically wrong. I'm not mad at you. I'm just trying to help you see that songs like Hallelujah are painted to be a gospel song when it's really just a ploy for Satan to lead people away from good gospel songs that the Holy Ghost uses to convict your heart, show you who God really is, and lifts you up when your down in spirit. If it's Holy Ghost inspired, I have no problem with it. But if it's just to bring worldly beats and melodies into the Church, I can't stand by that. Maybe you can. That's between you and God, i just don't see how God would have much to do with melodies that make people think of an evil thing while the lyrics are saying another. 2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV says "Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?" If these old Hymns originated from bars, God wouldn't let that junk into the Church no matter what the words were. When Israel decided to make the golden calf and worship it, Exodus 32:17 KJV says "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp." Joshua wasn't concerned with what they were saying. It was the sound that was wrong. If you still don't believe what I'm talking about after that, then I suppose there's nothing else to argue about, because that's pretty plain.

[@fdterritory]

If you think it's a Christmas song, I don't know what to tell you. It's in English. This shouldn't be difficult.

[@joshuakurtenbach1972]

You're assuming people listen to any words besides the chorus.

[@taylornakamoto8692]

There are new, horrible Christmas lyrics.

[@annakatepoole8202]

@@taylornakamoto8692 where can you find them?

[@puncherdavis9727]

@@joshuakurtenbach1972 Your mind listens to ALL the words it does not take active listening to do that. Whatever goes through the ear drums goes into the brain and into the old memory bank. Rather amazing what people keep in the memory bank now days :)

[@tcschenks]

Well, most Bibles are printed at an eighth grade English reading level but that is still beyond most people.

[@darthmaltodextrin1899]

I'll never forget the time when I heard that song being played at a little kid's party place. It was my four year old cousin's birthday and a friend who tagged along with us commented "That's the most depressing birthday song I've ever heard." It certainly wasn't a song requested by any of my family. Very inappropriate choice. How terrible the whole thing was made us laugh though.

[@joshduff8989]

"She tied you to the kitchen chair; She broke your throne and she cut your hair." Well, to the pure all things are pure . . . 😅

[@NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh]

It’s a reference to Samson & Delilah

[@joshduff8989]

@@NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh The Book of Judges: the original Hallmark Christmas movie.

[@BenjaminWirtz]

I thought that was a reference to Samson and Delilah as well.

[@tintinismybelgian]

@@joshduff8989 More like Lifetime Christmas Movie.

[@gabehelwig7810]

It is about samson and delilah, the whole song is referencing the bible in some way

[@ericphillips8268]

The song is also Agnostic, e.g. "You say I took the Name in vain, but I don't even know the Name," and "Maybe there's a God above, but all I've ever known of love is how to shoot at someone who outdrew ya." The thing is, there are so many different verses that you don't get the same version every time, even from Cohen, let alone all the people who cover it. And to muddy the waters, there _is_ a Christmas version (completely re-written) by a band called Cloverton.

[@paigestock3556]

The Cloverton version is actually nice

[@kirjian]

I'm actually really fond of that song because I learned to identify chord progressions by ear with the lyrics :)

[@terrya.]

This video needs a "I love this a million times!" button.

[@ranzamaceanruig]

Amen!

[@Conflicted100]

@@ranzamaceanruig Hallelujah!

[@Dht1kna]

YES! FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT. I used to love it until I read the lyrics

[@gabehelwig7810]

How are the lyrics bad in any way

[@caitlin6151]

Thank you. About five years ago I told the pastor's wife that the song gave me the creeps because of it's implications. She has looked at me strange ever since. Now I can show her this.

[@sentforth5]

I can't like this enough. THANK YOU!

[@PolishBigfootCircle11]

I'm going to need more evidence to be convinced.

[@benjiiiiiiiii]

Great video, I wish it was longer! I'm tired of Christians posting enneagram nonsense, a video about them would be fun

[@kechegoyen]

Oh my goodness, an Enneagram video would be amazing!! Please, Lutheran Satire, make this happen!

[@cjrjscgallo]

I would thumb-up this a thousand times if I could. Finally, someone is saying this. Thank you.

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

I like to get it on and deck the halls during Christmas. Falalalala in the biblical sense of course. I'm talking Joy to the world y'all. So that hallelujah song might just be what I needed.

[@hotwax9376]

Somebody did do a Christmas adaptation, and it's quite good. Also, "My Favorite Things" isn't a Christmas song either, but here we are.

[@angiebee2225]

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" has appeared on a Christmas album at least once.

[@joecoolmccall]

I literally said this out loud when I heard the song a couple days ago. There are remixes/re-writes that do amend this problem though.

[@ajhigginscomposer]

Now we need more A Capella Fiene.

[@jimflys2]

What is really interesting is, being a musician, I had NEVER, ever heard this song until a few years ago. BUT! When I was young in my preteens and I believe well before old Leonard Cohen wrote this in 1984, I had heard this refrain many times at let's just say in charismatic and Pentecostal settings. It would spontaneously erupt with the the crowd, while all caught up in some kind of rapturous moment, start singing. halleluiah, halleluiah, etc. All in the exact same melody and chord progression as this song's refrain does, but just that refrain. Over and over again it would go all the while boosting the level of intensity in the room and people's "yess Lord", "praise you Jesus" responses. Anyone else ever remember that? Chapter knowledge

[@jimflys2]

I got cut off. ANY WAY The 2nd Chapter of Acts and Keith Greene concerts would have this kind of thing start up. About sex? Well, maybe the verse about drawing out a halleluiah on the kitchen chair and David's dalliance with Bathsheba. Definitely not a Christian song. Best construction is that L.C. wrote a secular song with biblical content. That's one better than most CCM today. Wait a second........Leonard!!

[@theresamusser4390]

That was Not the same thing. We did sing Hallelujah but it was not to this music. That chorus of Hallelujah was as worship to the Lord!!! It Never Ever had anything to do with the likes of the Leonard Cohen song. He is the one who took the word and turned it into his warped tune!!

[@marlaarrington3557]

Who thumbs down this, smh. This was on point.

[@beaubaez3]

As soon your video ended, Hallelujah with Pentatonix popped up as the next video. Looks like enough people searched for it after watching your video so now the KZbin algorithm is recommending it.

[@michaelrichard316]

"It ain't a Christmas bop" gets me every time.

[@teologen]

This is the first time I’ve ever heard that this is considered a Christmas song. That has to be an American thing.

[@longbeardbobson4710]

"I'll stand before the Lord of song, with nothing on my tongue, But hallelujah "

[@Matthew-nu8wf]

Great video as always, though I'm a little disappointed we apparently won't be seeing Horus baptized into the faith this Christmas. The Holy Spirit is clearly tugging at him!

[@commonflax4947]

One tiny, tiny, TINY good thing that came out of COVID was that my previous church started livestreaming, which meant we had to think about about copyright for the music we played, which meant we couldn't sing A Hallelujah Christmas during the service no matter how much the worship leader wanted it.

[@leannedelux]

Wait...people think it's a Christmas song? 😂

[@iasonjacksongrace]

Penatonix had it on their Christmas album. Didn't think it was about sex though

[@leannedelux]

@@iasonjacksongrace I haven't heard their version...they must have changed some lyrics!

[@may2888]

People that don’t know the Bible stories it references.

[@madjack821]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who asked this 🤣

[@tcschenks]

Actually, they think it’s a CHRISTIAN song. :(

[@randomfractal4164]

That was glorious, two more minutes and it's a new christmas classic

[@Christ-or-Chaos]

Thanks for spreading the word! Never heard the song before. Still imagine St. Patrick singing though

[@PatNeve]

I thought this was about Handel. Your point would still stand

[@joshuareynolds6970]

At least with Handel if you take his entire 'Messiah' work, not just the hallelujah chorus , it would cover Christ's birth (part one), Christ's passion and death (part 2), which is where the chorus comes in, if memory serves to bridge to part 3, Christ's resurrection and ascension.

[@bookwyrm247]

True. The vignette right before the Hallelujah chorus is “And he shall crush them” referring to God defeating the rebellious nations (Psalm 2) and then Hallelujah is praising God for doing so. Not exactly your run of the mill Christmas message. 😂

[@ELee-zv5ud]

@@bookwyrm247 It was written for Easter, somehow it became a Christmas event.

[@wserthmar8908]

Thanks. One of the good Protestant pop culture sources

[@PockASqueeno]

I’ve never understood why people consider this song a “Christmas song.” Also, “My Favorite Things” from the Sound of Music.

[@philosphorus9442]

I guess because of the "brown paper packages tied up with strings" and "snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes"? People will hear just the word "cold" in a song, and their brain goes "ah yes, a Christmas carol."

[@2anonymous]

I listen to classic country. Plenty of cheatin and drinkin songs, but at least they don't consider it Christmas music.

[@SojournerDidimus]

Brilliant! On top of the message of the song, it abuses the word of God for it!

[@NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh]

I’m a distant relative of his and I found this funny. Well done. But I don’t think it’s just about sex, more like a torrid love affair. It’s certainly not a Christmas song, I mean, his name was Leonard _Cohen_ how on earth can someone make that mistake

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

Because people are stupid. And as they get farther away from Christianity they begin to think anything religious sounding is probably Christmas related.

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

It could be about many types of love. It could be about a legitimate love that is between man and God. It probably is about an addictive love that destroys its participants.

[@NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh]

@@HolyKhaaaaan In the States, maybe. I live in Israel, so that might have something to do with it lol

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

@@NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh I meant here, too. I imagine things are not quite like that in the Middle East, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus.

[@nintendonut100]

Cohen stated the song was about sex, so yeah, it is about that

[@joshparnell7755]

"I will climb the palm tree and take hold of its fruit."

[@diane520]

😂🤣😂🤣Yes, but that's not a Christmas song either, and at least it is a love song! The other one is a betrayal song.

[@oneofmany7768]

Short, sweet, and to the point. Love it, lol! At least we can still do Handle, though technically that's not Christmas either.

[@Conflicted100]

Handel with care. Get off my Bach! You're on my Liszt.

[@HandJvlogs]

I thought this was gonna be about Handel’s Messiah

[@--i-am-root]

Same.

[@Siamesemama1]

Ditto, lol

[@barbaraplese3244]

that's not strictly Christmas either - Handel's Easter Oratorio

[@karencompeau7242]

Cracked me up, funny but of course sad. I’ve thought that for years, and can’t get the original lyrics out of my head even though listening to the alternate ones-in church! The music itself has a draw, but can it be sanctified and used to praise God?

[@PortCanon]

Lol, my sentiments exactly! Can’t wait to show this to my kids, and have them reference this comment. :p Thanks for all you do!

[@elingeniero2000]

no Horus that makes me sad.

[@sebastiansilverfox6912]

This has little to do with Horus, Patrick.

[@jlupus8804]

He caught coronavirus and is currently Quarantined

[@josiahzabel8596]

are you referring to the Egyptian deity or the traitorous Primarch?

[@OlviMasta77]

@@josiahzabel8596 In the grimdark future, there is only WAAAAAUGH! :P

[@OlviMasta77]

@@josiahzabel8596 he's referring to the caricature of Horus that hilariously interrupts "mr preacher man" and a female lutheran pastor on this Lutheran Satire channel. Look up clips "Horus reads the Internet", "Horus ruins christmas" for some lulz

[@flerp76]

I heard it on one of the 24 hour Christmas song radio stations last Christmas and was like, ummmmm what?

[@may2888]

I agree...but what about the thief on the cross? 😉

[@drthmik]

this is the 3rd year IN A ROW where the Pentatonics put it in their christmas album

[@kstepko]

And it’s not an appropriate song to sing at a funeral either!

[@kstepko]

They tried. Thanks be to God, the singer got laryngitis.

[@bagamingshow]

So I googled what is it about, and I found that it isn't necessarily about sex. It's about impressing a girl though, the way David did to Bathsheba. It's also about how lust can destroy a person. It's no Christmas song, but it isn't really about sex either. Samson and Delilah: “She tied you to a kitchen chair / she broke your throne, she cut your hair, and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah!” The song is no more about sex then the Bible is. it HAS sex in it. but it's a story about being blinded by lust and falling from Gods glory.

[@treyalexanderhaislip]

I agree with the video that it is not a Christmas song, but to say it is just about sex is simply false.

[@may2888]

Do you remember, when I moved in you, and every breath we drew, was Hallelujah? That friend is sexual intercourse.

[@treyalexanderhaislip]

@@may2888 “Well it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift” that my friend is not sex but literally the Chord structure of the song.

[@Beastinvader]

Exactly what you said

[@ericphillips8268]

The part about the kitchen chair implies sex (by mixing in the Samson and Delilah story), and the line already quoted by may2888 is explicit.

[@HeroQuestFans]

I did notice, oddly, this song playing on the radio between actual Christmas songs...

[@QuixoteX]

Kinda like when people think "Go Your Own Way" is an empowering song about being independent and doing things your own way.

[@onelifetolive927]

You are right. It's a fantastic song though and I'll listen to it year round.

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

Heh, at our town's Catholic church at Christmas a lady sings to the tune of Hallelujah but with lyrics actually about the birth of Jesus.

[@patrickw.randolph7824]

"A spiritual but carnal song" is still high praise, tbh.

[@spiderbot21]

I've never understood why that song gets more play time around the Hollidays. It always bothered me that some people associate it with Christmas. I don't understand the meaning of the lyrics but it's always been clear to me that it is not about Christmas, nor even a Christian song, it's just that it uses biblical themes and imagery.

[@therealmrfishpaste]

Well....ol' Leonard was in the habit of adding verses to his live performances...some of which included lines like these: "There's a blaze of light in every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah" "And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah" ...which somewhat complicates the interpretation of the song...

[@Kattchatt]

I wish this was longer

[@CalebMaclennan]

Only 44 seconds? I could listen to this for hours, why did you cut the party busting so short?

[@leannedelux]

Same!!! I may have listened to this more than a couple times...😂

[@abrahemsamander3967]

I was never crazy about this song. Never knew why. Never really thought deeply about the lyrics. But I never knew it was this bad.

[@Abel-nl2yo]

Thank you for this. I never bothered to look up the lyrics until now. SMH

[@vincestrahm1532]

I was at a public high school baccalaureate a few years ago (at my lcms church) and the school choir sang it. Now we sing baptist songs every Sunday

[@loqutor]

Same for Handel's "Hallelujah". It's not about Christmas. It's about the Second Coming.

[@CCRUofA]

Yeah... So this is good... but I miss Horus.

[@OlviMasta77]

"weeell heeello preacher man"

[@haleeburch]

My husband’s grandfather died last month. They played this song at the funeral. It was sooooo weird. I kept looking around to see if anyone else realized that it wasn’t a religious song, but also if anyone else realized how weird it was to be playing a sex at a funeral. Nope. Just me and my husband, everyone else loved it and thought it was sweet. 😬

[@kstepko]

I had the same situation happen with a girl who wanted to sing it at her grandmother’s funeral. Knowing the grandma, I’m sure that a lot more than the Holy Spirit had moved in her over the years - but still. Also, when someone has died I don’t want to hear a song about how “maybe there’s a God”.

[@5BBassist4Christ]

I'm sorry for your lose, but maybe the origins of the song can actually comfort you. The song is not about sex. Connen wrote it on his knees at his local synagogue (he was Jewish) praying to God with tears in his eyes. It was about many things, and originally had about 70 verses to it. The theme of it is to bring attention to the fact that we can worship God in any situation of our life, no matter how broken we are or how much we might be in doubt to God's sovereignty or goodness. Sometimes what life leaves you with is nothing more than "a cold and broken hallelujah." It was when the song came to America that artists loved covering the romantic verses, and thus it became a romance song about heartbreak. But the verse from the original poem that has meant the most to me is below: "I've tried my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel so I tried to touch, I told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. But even when it all went wrong I stand before the Lord of song With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah."

[@black_horse_lover2655]

@@5BBassist4Christ Oh wow, I did not know that, thank you I will look into this more!

[@abrahemsamander3967]

You wanna know a song that’s very underrated and is actually reflective of Jewish and Christian values in a positive way? “You know better then I.” David Campbell and John Buccino. I’m not sure if they’re Christian or not. But the lyrics and the way it’s sung are genuine and compatible.

[@wlinden]

I kneuw that. My question is, why does the “Christmas” Muzak play “The Vicar of Bray”, which is an 18th century English political lampoon?

[@birdyjireh6391]

RIP to all who thought it was a Christmas song. Just goes to show most people only listen to the music and not the lyrics.

[@dawnmichelle4403]

And the Hallelujah Chorus is an Easter song. Just sayin'.

[@ps4ever328]

I had discussed this at a family party… they all were like no! They didn’t believe me. I told them it’s blasphemous really.

[@marionl9787]

We need the WHOLE song!😂✌️✨

[@DugrozReports]

Is it OK to take a really vile secular song, change a few words, and make it into a "Christian" song? (This is a rhetorical question...)

[@bensirach1985]

Sure, decades if not a century after the songwriter and producer and singer have died and the meaning of the entire song has been forgotten. Which, if this Leonard Cohen song is appropriate for Shrek or for SNL bewailing Hilary Clinton's loss to Trump in 2016, were not that far away from.

[@brittybee6615]

It worked for Greensleeves

[@Timelord888]

Saw this and thought you were talking about the other Hallelujah

[@smellincoffee]

It's so weird seeing the face of a voice I know too well by now. XD

[@jonwatson3271]

Still closer to a Christmas song than Christmas Shoes or anything tobymac writes...

[@laelpeiris1799]

Oh... I thought you were talking about Handel's Hallelujah, and I thought 'well yeah, I guess. Its about the second coming.' Then I saw the video.

[@UnwantedStudios3]

do people really think Hallelujah is a Christmas song? Do they think in da gadda da vida is church song?

[@davidsandrock7826]

Now I’ve heard about a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do ya? It goes like this, the fourth the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing “Hallelujah” (Now comes the sexual reference, it is kind of a weird cross between David/Bathsheba and Samson/Delilah) Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew ya She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

[@Conflicted100]

Which goes to show that this song is little more than biblical-sounding word salad.

[@Eerie_Clark]

I am disappointed I wanted to hear a full parody

[@JoeMama410]

Now do Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog. I’m looking at you, JC Penney!

[@petroelb]

He was a good friend of mine.

[@JoeMama410]

@@petroelb Also a song about sex, not Christmas. Sure, there's one line about the King of the World, but it's not about Jesus.

[@petroelb]

@@JoeMama410 Oh, I know!

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

This isn't as bad as listening to "Take me to Church" and seeing Muslims in the comments section talking about how they didn't realize Christianity was so beautiful. I really hope it's some kind of inside joke or meme that I'm not in on.

[@mj6493]

Yeah, I was surprised that they sang it at the re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral.

[@AllenG.]

Well, many musicians/singers have covered or created their own renditions of this song, not just PTX. We all have our own interpretation. Depending on the part you focus on, it can shift from uplifting or tinged with sadness. I somewhat agree that this is not suited for a Christmas song, but for Easter, because it’s kinda like someone (or people) struggling between human desires and the quest for spiritual enlightenment.

[@JPKloess]

Wait is this a face reveal?

[@ellenhall2090]

Just type in Easter Hallelujah. Kelly Mooney wrote the lyrics

[@kentclayton8893]

I was confused when I saw the video title because I thought it was referring to the Hallelujah Chorus; I was like "I'm pretty sure that it's legit to call that a Christmas song, but let's hear what Pastor Fiene has to say about it." Now I'm just confused as to why anyone would think that Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is a Christmas song; that's just bizarre.

[@annakatepoole8202]

I feel like I’ve somehow been living under a rock?? How long has this Hallelujah been touted a Christmas song?!

[@kentclayton8893]

@@annakatepoole8202 It's the first I'd ever heard to that effect. Maybe living under a rock isn't so bad...

[@lightning9279]

@@kentclayton8893 Myself as well. I had to read the comments to figure out what they were talking about.🤦‍♂️

[@ericphillips8268]

The Cloverton version _is_ a Christmas song, but that's because they drastically changed the lyrics.

[@ianw7734]

Excellent. You should also cover John Lennon's "So this is Christmas" (song released the same year as "Imagine") I think the atheist author is clearly mocking Christmas and Christians in his acerbic style.

[@Malhaloc]

I listen to the Christmas version. The one actually about the birth of Jesus.

[@thebishopoftherailway4719]

You scared me for a second. I thought you were talking about Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” and was like… What?! Hahaha.

[@jesusisGod1434]

I hate that song. Thank you for this.

[@avwillis5269]

If we're talking about the original lyrics, sure. But the versions I've been hearing around Christmas have had the lyrics changed to reflect Christmas, actual Christmas, not the current commercialized monstrosity. To quote William booth, "why should satan have all the best tunes?"

[@jamesdaniels8007]

That's why we have the Christmas version

[@benjohnson9224]

Currently sending this to every single person I know.