I don't think this song is religious at all. The verse with the most meaning to me is:
"So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've know
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?"
This verse is about a relationship. He is singing about his relationship with someone whom he seemingly is in love with. The main line in this verse, to me, is 'why do you sing hallelujah if it means nothing to ya'. I think this line is essentially saying "Why do you say you love me when love means nothing to you?" This lover of his 'borrowed' the words from one of her previous relationships, perhaps, where someone said they loved her just to go to bed with her. This is 'filling his sorrow' because he knows she doesn't love him back and he is asking 'why she even sings with him at all' as a way of asking why does she even bother with him when she doesnt't love him.
With all that being said, I feel this song is about him loving someone and being in a relationship with her but the love being unrequitted(sp). She could just be going along with him for the ride or she may even think she loves him. She possibly equates lust with love.
I don't think this song is religious at all. The verse with the most meaning to me is:
"So why do you fill my sorrow With the words you've borrowed From the only place you've know And why do you sing Hallelujah If it means nothing to you Why do you sing with me at all?"
This verse is about a relationship. He is singing about his relationship with someone whom he seemingly is in love with. The main line in this verse, to me, is 'why do you sing hallelujah if it means nothing to ya'. I think this line is essentially saying "Why do you say you love me when love means nothing to you?" This lover of his 'borrowed' the words from one of her previous relationships, perhaps, where someone said they loved her just to go to bed with her. This is 'filling his sorrow' because he knows she doesn't love him back and he is asking 'why she even sings with him at all' as a way of asking why does she even bother with him when she doesnt't love him.
With all that being said, I feel this song is about him loving someone and being in a relationship with her but the love being unrequitted(sp). She could just be going along with him for the ride or she may even think she loves him. She possibly equates lust with love.
Well thats just my interpretation.