what is belief?

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who has seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah



This is a song. To a believer it is very touching but to someone who is not a believer it is something else.
There is a hint of shame or a pointed finger in the first statement of "you dont really care for music do you?" For me the tone is set with this one statement. Love is a cold and broken hallelujah? Really? Is someone suggesting that I have to be cold and broken before I can love, before I can see love or understand it? This makes me angry beyond words. The church is saying they must break me before I can love. How nice! No wonder I left the church. The very idea of people needing to be broken is nothing more than enslavement. I wish Christians would stop preaching and start living. They are so caught up in their beliefs they dont even know what they are saying anymore.

Hallelujah means "praise YHWH" or praise god. So this song is praising the lord of song? I have heard the Christian god called many things but lord of song is not one of them. In fact Apollo was the Greek god of music and arts. Pan or the horned god was also a god of music and song. Both of these gods were also gods of love. Music and love seem to evoke many of the same feelings.

Love was a feeling of power not of being broken. How could we as a people have come so far as to get it all backwards? What is it going to take to make it right again? How could a religion take that feeling, twist its meaning, tell us we are wrong, cause us to fear, and then teach us how to be broken? How stupid are we to believe them?

For the record: I will not be broken! Many have tried and almost succeeded but in the end have failed. There is no god, no religion, no demon or man who can break me! Only I can allow myself to be broken and I am far to strong to allow that to happen. My spirit lives! It lives well. It lives happy! and for that I say Hallal Valkyris!