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Originally Posted by katex
Ehm ... I understand Shakermaker, but the rest of us non-intellectuals have gotta' sort out what this Jewish guy is on about.
Don't agree about the poetry anyway .. talks about his love for Bathsheda, then tying someone to a 'kitchen' chair and cutting their hair off. Please explain !! Am willing to learn .. 
Ok .. here are the lyrics, please explain word for word, as we used to do with Shakespeare in my school days .:-
LEONARD COHEN LYRICS - Hallelujah |
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Dear Oscar!
It's nothing intellectual at all. That would be vulgar. It's perfect poetry because the meaning is subjective. Hopefully even Cohen has no clue what it means. I'm probably talking jibberish now. 'Hallelujah' makes no sense whatsoever in terms of any narrative, but in a fantastical story form it seems to make all the sense in the world. That's why I love it. It's utterly brilliant gobbledygook.