The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World: No. 7


'Hallelujah'
Jeff Buckley (1994)

The Breakdown: Leonard Cohen's existential hymn addressing an old fling becomes a heavenly, if unanswered, prayer in the hands of the ill-fated Buckley.

The Waterworks: "Love is not a victory march/It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah."

Casualty Count:
One crisis of faith.

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