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Here is my interpretation of this song.....you may or may not agree. First off, the first 4 choruses of Hallelujah's are an unsure, disbelieving prayer. They refer to faith in God, but that faith is barely existent. A rough relationship has caused doubt and guilt about everything that is. I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah The whole song is told from the point of view of a doubting, depressed believer. Here he alludes to a relationship problem (line 3), possibly just expressing a newfound incompatibility (what he sees as beautiful, she can't appreciate). Also, lines 5 and 6 may refer to both his religious and personal struggle. He admits things aren't going well ("The minor fall"), and looks to the possibility of some divine reassurance ("the major lift"). The songwriter is "The baffled king" and out of desperation, he is "composing Hallelujah." Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah This first allusion to sex is a critique of his relationship. His lust and the sexuality of the relationship have caused him to lose his faith. As Samson, his "throne" and "hair" are elements of his faith, which this woman has stripped him of (I would guess that Samson allowed Delilah the opportunity to take advantage of him). "And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah." Again, his faith has been stolen away, so that he can no longer praise God. Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Maybe I have been here before I know this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you I've seen your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Lines 1-3 of this verse refer to his faith in God, whom he had to ponder and recognize before this relationship distracted him. Lines 4 and 5 pretty directly refer to a battle (a spiritual one maybe), with "your flag on the marble arch" symbolizing the pedestal that should have been reserved for God, but was instead used for this woman. "Love is not a victory march" is a humble admission of his fault. In line 6, he's left with nothing. It's a sad realization at the end of what was to be a great thing that it was all wrong. Nothing was gained, and in fact, "everything" may have been lost. Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah There was a time you let me know What's real and going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah I think this verse gets into the psychology of sex quite a bit. Prior to the inception of sex into the relationship, "There was a time you let me know what's real and going on below." "But now..." (with the sexual element as a deterrant to true emotional correspondence) "you never show it to me, do you?" Line 4 is obviously referring directly to the act of sex (holyt dove --> orgasm? maybe) "Every breath we drew......Hallelujah" is celebrating the pleasure of sex. In the confines of this relationship, the "Hallelujah" expressed may be worship of a false idol (his partner, or more likely the act of sex itself). Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Maybe there's a God above And all I ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you And it's not a cry you can hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Again, he questions his faith, which he has to do since his false idol is no longer a part of his life. I would submit that in this verse, he no longer sings to his lost love, but to the love he wants to rediscover (God). If this is the case, then "someone who outdrew you" could be interpreted as the woman he sings of, who served as an opposition to God. Lines 4-6, then, sound like a desperate prayer, a proclamation of a man's lack of faith. His proclamation, made out of the lowest state of shame is "a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah," but it's an honest form of worship. Here he bows down to God, confesses his error, and pleads for help. Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah These last intense Hallelujahs are a prayer, a supplication, and an earnest appeal. A sincere conviction and a new hint of hope can be heard.