Hold On To The Hallelujah

[Verse 1]

Alarm clock ringing

Eyes still heavy

Coffee in a paper cup

Racing down that avenue

Heart still hurting

From the week that chewed me up

Pews start filling

Choir robes rustling

Little kids in crooked ties

I slide in the back row

Keep my head low

Try to blend into the sighs

[Chorus]

Hold on to the hallelujah

Even when your hands feel weak

Let it rise from the crack

In the middle of your grief

When the weight of the world

Won’t move off your chest

Hold on to the hallelujah

Let God do the rest (yeah)

[Verse 2]

Pastor starts preaching

Like he’s reading

Every note inside my mind

Calling out the secrets

I keep sleeping

Under jokes and overtime

Sister on the front row

Shouts

“I claim it!”

Like fire in her throat

Something in my rib cage

Starts to tremble

Like it wants to grab that hope

[Chorus]

Hold on to the hallelujah

Even when your hands feel weak

Let it rise from the crack

In the middle of your grief

When the weight of the world

Won’t move off your chest

Hold on to the hallelujah

Let God do the rest (hold on, hold on)

[Bridge]

I’ve been running on fumes

Running from truth

Running out of good excuses

But every time I break

Grace breaks in

Refuses to refuse me

So I lift my shame

Like an offering

Lay it at Your feet

If all I’ve got is one word left

Let that one word be

[Chorus]

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Even when my faith feels weak

Let it rise from the crack

In the middle of my grief

When the weight of the world

Won’t move off my chest

I’ll hold on to the hallelujah

You’ll take care of the rest (yeah)

I’ll hold on to the hallelujah

You’ll take care of the rest