I don't see how it tells "a tale of hedonism", especially if you know which parts of the Bible it refers to. There's a lot of sex, lust, love, heroism and betra

I don't see how it tells "a tale of hedonism", especially if you know which parts of the Bible it refers to. There's a lot of sex, lust, love, heroism and betrayal there, but "hedonism" would not be among words I'd ever use for it, neither it seems to be any in describing Cohen's view of love as "cold and broken Hallelujah". You are free to read the text as you wish, of course, but I'd suggest you might be missing some things there. > My point is that a line gets crossed when the intent is to create something that's not respectful and people somehow misinterpret it as an endorsement. Not sure what you mean. That Cohen was disrespectful to the biblical sources? The man doesn't use so much of that kind of symbolism in his songs if he doesn't feel a deep connection to it, and Cohen uses a lot of it, consistently. And, I think, he already answers this question in the song itself - what's "the line"? Where does it come from?