The song, written by Leonard Cohen, is about love which has soured and gone stale. Cohen used a lot of religious imagery, including references to some of the more notorious women in the bible. It is also about how a woman is clearly in charge of a man and he can’t take control because of her feminine features.

Hallelujah is a Hebrew word which means ‘Glory to the Lord.’ The song explains that many kinds of Hallelujahs do exist. I say: All the perfect and broken Hallelujahs have an equal value. It’s a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion.“
- Leonard Cohen