1. Religious References
2. 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?
   1. The story of David and King Saul
   2. It's a relationship - this verse is the start, when the two meet and probably talk for the first time
3. It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, The minor fall, the major lift, The baffled king composing hallelujah
   1. Later, King David
   2. They talk, and share some mutual attraction, and then see each other several times. "the baffled king" refers to one of the parties, probably surprised they're still together.
4. Your faith was strong but you needed proof, You saw her bathing on the roof, Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
   1. David and Bathsheba
   2. The critical moment when one realizes they love the other, and they need to know if the other feels the same way.
5. She tied you to a kitchen chair, She broke your throne, she cut your hair, And from your lips she drew the hallelujah
   1. Samson
   2. The symbolic breaking of the parties' single lives - cutting the hair breaks one's strength, and means that they have to rely on the other now.
6. Maybe I have been here before, I know this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you
   1. Could be literal - they're moving in. Or mental - his new place, with his "hair cut", is one he's been to before, and he's been to it solo, perhaps after a major change in his life.
7. 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
   1. This is key. The Marble Arch is an archway formerly used by royalty in Britain.
   2. The flag on it may refer to the ruling family of the time...or whoever controlled/won Britain (or this person?)
   3. Love is not some glorious, wonderful triumphant thing - it's soft, and subtle, and can hurt.
8. There was a time you let me know, What's really going on below, But know you never show it to me, do you?
   1. This is a fight - probably a major one, referring to a rocky point in the relationship
   2. A lack of communication
   3. They probably break up from this fight
9. Remember when I moved in you, The Holy Dove was moving too, And every breath we drew was hallelujah
   1. Remembrances of the relationship
10. Maybe there's a God above, and all I've ever learned from love, Was how to shoot at somebody who out drew you,
    1. Reminiscing on what he learned from the relationship
    2. Takes the experience and gives it a cynical edge
11. And it's not a cry that you hear at night, It's not somebody who's seen the light, It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
    1. Giving his viewpoint of what love is
    2. It's not any great revelation or shocking conclusion, it's just a sad, simple thing that can leave you half a person.