And all I ever learned from love was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you?

Question

from Rufus Wainwright's "Hallelujah"...good lyrics..what's your opinion of these lines?

Answer 1

Reading it in context...It's about lost love and the feeling of guilt that goes with wanting something you should have never tried to have. Once love leaves it is hard to get back

Maybe there's a God above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you;
It's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Answer 2

I love that song its on the Shrek soundtrack i do believe!