Pentatonix released a Christmas album a few years back, including Christmas classics like “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.” You’ll also find a curious choice: a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” The Hallelujah Pentatonix video has already been viewed over 9 million times. Fans new and old cannot get enough of this haunting song. Using Biblical references to King David and Samson, the song explores love found and lost and the resulting brokenness it leaves in its wake.
The Hallelujah Pentatonix video is a bold move at Christmastime. The lines, “Love is not a victory march / It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah” speak to the bittersweet nature of love. In fact, the whole song can be a little confusing, especially on a Christmas album. Christmas songs usually try to point us to Christ and the gift we were given in him.
