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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
Well I think that there is definitely a recognition in the song that the coupling of man and woman at its best is also a holy religious coupling. Hallelujah isn't just a word tossed in there as a metaphor for 'something worthy of praise' or whatever. Hallelujah does have a religious meaning in the song, i just dont think it is so literal as having god as a third character in the narrative that is getting praise. I'd say your last stanza, if I had to fit it into my interpretation, could even provide the reason everything fell apart. He 'couldnt feel' yet he 'tried to touch'. So he was lacking the feeling and emotional foundation for a perfect union, yet despite this, he tried to touch anyway, almost like he was trying to find god VIA woman. This of course, was the wrong motive both for the relationship and for his faith, and it all went wrong.