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Perhaps they got that thought from the Leonard Cohen version? The wonderful thing and staying power of the song, imo, is it's versatility. So many artists have covered it and so many have done it really well, making it their own (my personal favourite is David Bazaan's). I grant that your initial interpretation is quite valid for Jeff Buckley's version, but Leonard Cohen ends with this verse (which is my favourite):
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 I don't think that interpreting Cohen's version as having an aspect of praising God is necessarily incorrect.I did my best, it wasn't much