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 okay so my interpratation of this one is so gay.
Marble arch love is not a victory march.
Love is not a victory march.
It s a cold and it s a broken hallelujah.
I believe i have a clear and coherent understanding of this song with the exception of one line.
I ve seen your flag on the marble arch based on my understanding of cohen s work as a whole i am all but certain that it is a.
And remember when i moved in you.
First the combination of flag love and victory march makes me obviously think about the gay pride.
On the marble arch love is not a victory march it s a cold and it s a broken hallelujah 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.
In line 6 he s left with nothing.
But remember when i moved in you and the holy dove was moving too.
In the song hallelujah originally by leonard cohen but most famously covered by jeff buckley there are lines which read i ve seen your flag on the marble arch and love is not a victory march it s a cold and it s a broken hallelujah.
He was lonely before they became lovers.
And i ve seen your flag on the marble arch and love is not a victory march it s a cold and it s a broken hallelujah chorus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah verse 4.
Love is not a victory march is a humble admission of his fault.
Well there was a time when you let me know what s really going on below but now you never show that to me do ya.
The holy dark was moving too.
It s a sad realization at the end of what was to be a great thing that it was all wrong.
And 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 additional lyrics there was a time you let me know what s really going on below.
Her flag he s seen on the arch is the happiness and.
And i ve seen your flag on the marble arch and love is not a victory march it s a cold and it s a broken hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah.
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.
Marble arch symbolizing the pedestal that should have been reserved for god but was instead used for this woman.