Quoting sanddeemc:

I first heard K.d. Lang sing "Hallelujah" and the music coupled with the voice moved me to tears.   The second time I heard her sing "Hallelujah" was at the  opening night of Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 on my television, and again the song evoked within me copious tears that streamed down my cheeks, hot and salty as tho a dam had burst.  My emotions felt raw and ragged as I listened to the song.  Memories came unbidden, like muddy swirls filling my mind, my heart, my soul.  All of us have moments like this..moments that swiftly emerge, as if we were in a firefight, and then as abruptly it ends, leaving one vulnerable and shaken.
Perhaps what I realized most about my thoughts, were the fact that as a widow, one buries a love deep within strong walls hidden in the mind.  Years pass, life gently heals, and when you are certain the door is sealed forever...a simple song, beautifully written, beautifully sung, breaks down the door, and you realize something....
As the song relates:  "Its not a victory cry...Hallelujah"
                                  "Its a cold and broken...Hallelujah"

I first heard K.d. Lang sing "Hallelujah" and the music coupled with the voice moved me to tears.   The second time I heard her sing "Hallelujah" was at the  opening night of Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 on my television, and again the song evoked within me copious tears that streamed down my cheeks, hot and salty as tho a dam had burst.  My emotions felt raw and ragged as I listened to the song.  Memories came unbidden, like muddy swirls filling my mind, my heart, my soul.  All of us have moments like this..moments that swiftly emerge, as if we were in a firefight, and then as abruptly it ends, leaving one vulnerable and shaken.
Perhaps what I realized most about my thoughts, were the fact that as a widow, one buries a love deep within strong walls hidden in the mind.  Years pass, life gently heals, and when you are certain the door is sealed forever...a simple song, beautifully written, beautifully sung, breaks down the door, and you realize something....
As the song relates:  "Its not a victory cry...Hallelujah"
                                  "Its a cold and broken...Hallelujah"