Does anyone know the meaning behind the song "Hallelujah"?

First off, it isn't religious. It IS referring to a particular episode in King David's life with Bathsheba though. First I'll give you a quick run down on what happened.

When we first meet David, he's only a boy who minds the family's sheep. God sends Samuel, the Israelite prophet, to tell David's father to get the family together because Samuel has been sent to anoint one of them king. They don't send for David, presumably they don't think enough of him. But God tells Samuel that the person wanted isn't there so they have to send for him.

Saul was king at the time and although he started out okay, he had become too proud and was doing things he shouldn't which is why God said David would be king instead. David pleased God with his behaviour and honesty.

Saul was going into rages where he did stupid things like throwing spears at people, the bible says because of his wrong-doing. HIs servants said maybe music would help during those times and said David was considered a good player, so David was sent for. Sure enough, when David played Saul would become rational.

Eventually David became king. He was also known for the music and songs he wrote in praise of God.

Unfortunately, none of us are immune to wrong doing and David was no exception. One day while he was out on the roof of the palace, he saw a woman named Bathsheba bathing on hers. (Whether that was normal to bath on the roof, I don't know.) David had the woman sent for and brought to him and then had sex with her. She was married to someone else.

Soon after, Bathsheba sent word to David that she was pregnant, and they both knew it was David's child because her husband had been away for too long for it to be his.

I won't go too much into the next part but David pulled some tricks to try and make it seem like he wasn't in the wrong, which end up with Bathsheba's husband dead and people probably likely to suspect the baby's father wasn't the dead man. David marries Bathsheba immediately. Unfortately, the baby dies. But David is eventually made to face what he has done and writes a psalm about being in the wrong and being sorry about it which has become one of the best known and best loved psalms.

The first verse I assume is referring to David's music soothing Saul - the "secret" chord. The second verse would refer to the roof incident and David and Bathsheba's affair - the other person is correct saying that Samson's hair was cut, not David's. I think the significance of that is that not cutting his hair was a sign that Samson was devoted to doing what God wanted - when he allowed it to be cut, he was breaking a vow he had made to God.

I'm assuming that in the third verse, "love is not a victory march...broken hallelujah" is referring to the time after the affair. The fourth verse talks about "what's going on below" and I think this and the rest of the verse should be seen in the context of expressing your thoughts and feelings. We have various expressions that cover this idea: "He's a deep one." "He keeps things to himself." "You never know what's going on beneath the surface with that person." When people are first "in love" (which is more usually infatuation) the feeling is that they are a perfect match, they think alike, believe the same, are "one" with each other... Compare that with "every breath we drew was hallelujah"

Then the last verse is about the rude awakening when after the first rosy glow wears off, love seems to turn to hate and people attack each other.

Anyway, that's what I think! :-D

To me, this phrase "Hallelujah" is one I want to be singing to my Heavenly Father, Son & Holy Spirit, for all eternity.

it talks about some of the stories of the Bible (stanza 1 is about david and goliath & stanza 2 is about sampson and delilah) and what the word hallelujah means. it's a general term that means offering up praise to God and giving thanks