The Marble Arch Hallelujah

I ve seen your flag on the marble arch but love is not a victory march it s a cold and it s a broken hallelujah i did my best it wasn t much i couldn t feel so i tried to touch i ve told the truth i didn t come to fool you and even though it all went wrong i ll stand before the lord of song with nothing on my tongue but hallelujah.

The marble arch hallelujah. The marble arch may allude to titus victory arch in rome a monument celebrating the roman final victory over the jews. Her flag he s seen on the arch is the happiness and pride she once felt for their love which she now believes is gone. When the lovers were united in passion the spirit moved amongst them but this presence is no longer felt. Baby i ve 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 but love is not some victory march it s a cold and broken hallelujah he s felt lonely like this before.

Hallelujah hallelujah additional lyrics baby i ve been here before i know this room i ve walked this floor i used to live alone before i knew you and i ve seen your flag on the marble arch. If so cohen is comparing his lover to the roman victors and himself to the devastated jews who had just lost their temple. Like the revolt he is crushed. It s a cold and it s a broken hallelujah the marble arch may allude to titus victory arch in rome a monument celebrating the roman final victory over the jews.

He even goes out of his way to take note of somebody s flag on a marble arch and to remind us that. Like the revolt he is crushed. The arc de triomphe was built in honor of the soldiers in the french revolutionary and napoleonic wars in the tradition of ancient roman triumphs which often commemorated major military victories with a marble arch. And i ve seen your flag on the marble arch you know love s not some kind of a victory march no it s cold and it s serene and broken hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah there was a time you let me know what s really going on below but now you ll never show me that do you.

Nonetheless leonard honours the relationship for what it once was and instead of cursing god continues to praise him. The hallelujah about let me check my notes here a baffled king. What was once a triumphant victory flag flying from the marble arch becomes a cold and broken hallelujah. If so cohen is comparing his lover to the roman victors and himself to the devastated jews who had just lost their temple.

He was lonely before they became lovers.