Hallelujah Anyway

[Intro]

[Hammond swell

3 seconds

Then full band drop]

[Verse 1]

I lit a candle

In a room that used my name

All those framed-up Sunday pictures

Couldn’t hold my shame

I been smiling at the neighbors

With a storm behind my teeth

Every handshake

Hiding bruises underneath

[Chorus]

But I raise these broken hands

Say hallelujah anyway

If my voice comes out in fragments

I will sing ‘em all your way

I got questions

I got anger

I got scars that still feel new

But I’m standing in the ruins

Saying hallelujah

Hallelujah anyway (ohh)

[Verse 2]

Mama kept a Bible

In the glovebox by the dash

We drove through broken glass

And every time the sirens

Chased our little car

She just hummed a ragged chorus

Like a bandage on my heart

[Chorus]

So I raise these shaking hands

Say hallelujah anyway

If my faith is just a whisper

I will let it slip your way

I’m still angry

I’m still tender

But I’m done outrunning truth

I’m still bleeding in the pews

Singing hallelujah

Hallelujah anyway (yeah)

[Bridge]

I don’t want a pretty story

I want fire on my tongue

Let the hurt be honest

Let the healing come undone

If I fall right in the middle

Of your mercy and my doubt

Catch me in that in-between

And teach this weary throat to shout

[Chorus]

I’ll raise these wounded hands

Sing hallelujah anyway

If my heart comes out in pieces

You can have ‘em all today

I’m not holy

I’m not hopeless

I am cracked but I am true

And I’m standing in the ashes

Crying hallelujah

Hallelujah anyway (hallelujah)

Hallelujah anyway