[piasa]

Uh... doesn’t that song have ...er... not very religious hidden meanings?

[JMS]

I doubt the estate actually owns the rights, it’s much more likely the publishing company owns them and they’re with ASCAP so the song can be used as long as the estate gets royalties.

[bramps]

Uh... doesn’t that song have ...er... not very religious hidden meanings
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You’re right. It’s one of those things with the catch phrase, ‘I don’t think it means what you think it means’.

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Uh... doesn’t that song have ...er... not very religious hidden meanings?

Sex?

What's not religious about sex?

[deks]

RE: Uh... doesn’t that song have ...er... not very religious hidden meanings?

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I think it was performed in an abbreviated version and not all of the lyrics were used.

[SamAdams76]

I don't think Cohen ever claimed it to be a religious song. I play it once in a while, usually around Christmas time as it fits well into my Christmas playlists. A lot of the Christmas songs I play are of secular nature but I have many traditional Christmas songs in the collection as well.

I think it's a nice song. But Jeff Buckley does a version that is even better. Willie Nelson has a version too that's pretty good.

[Ignatz]

Correct.
Beautiful music, banal lyrics.
My favorite version is Lindsey Stirling’s instrumental.