We all know the song Hallelujah, originally written by Leonard Cohen. But what many people don’t know is that Leonard Cohen was a low-key math buff and the original version of the song was actually about a particular pattern in math. To give us an idea of what this would have sounded like, Matt Parker recited a version of the song:
I heard there was a sequence of course switch the circle to one two then four and point C to cut in hours patterns for you
When your faith is strong you still need proof
But on the left is I think that’s true
For the next which is thank you
Now take a prime and write it in phase four five years then they’re broken thank you
That’s it, I’m just guitaring
What an interesting insight into the creative process of one of the world’s most beloved songs!