![]() For the Urie, the guilt simply is, and you can't do anything about it other than to accept it as a part of who you are. ![]() So I do want to kind of create this idea that you don’t need religion - you need whatever makes you happy."įor Urie this results in a complex relationship between acceptance of guilt and a willingness to ignore what religion has to say about it. I don’t affiliate with any religion specifically, but I do like to think that when I’m creating music, it’s a very spiritual thing. It’s really kind of touching on that religious connotation. I was raised in the Mormon faith, and I can’t really deny too much of it. I spent, shit, more than half of my life in church, and it was kind of a no-brainer to want to sing about accepting responsibility for stuff I’ve done in the past. In an interview with Mashable,Urie says, "Religion was a huge part of my life. What follows is a post from his website at the time of the release of "Hallelujah": Urie isn't praising God but instead is creating an atmosphere similar to that of a church service, suggesting that something is being worshipped and felt. ![]() He continues singing "Show praise with your body / Stand up, sing hallelujah (hallelujah!) / And if you can't stop shaking, lean back / Let it move right through ya (hallelujah!) / Say your prayers." The use of "Hallelujah" seems to be ironic. In the chorus, Urie sings, "All you sinners stand up, sing hallelujah (hallelujah!)." As he says in an interview with ALT 98.7, "There’s a little tagline in there that I throw out to our fans, I like to call them my sinners, and I’m a fellow sinner, and so I think that’s a special little throw-out to them." Not only does Urie give his audience a banner to stand under in this name but identifies with them to build community. In the Intro, Urie sings, "Ohh! / A moment you'll never remember / And a night you'll never forget! / Ohh!" as a way to excite his listeners and, through the paradox, to let them know that this song is going to be deep and meaningful while also being exciting and entertaining. ![]() Thankfully, Brendon Urie, the writer, has done several interviews in which he's explained the song for his listeners. "Hallelujah's" meaning is complicated and more so because it includes an allusion to the band's own mythos and history with its fans. ![]()
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