Hallelujah

[Intro – sung, soft falsetto with echo]

I whisper truths into the sky

Don’t know if angels hear me cry

But every tear I’ve let slip through

Felt like a hallelujah too...

(light guitar + ambient piano fades in)

 

[Verse 1 – rap, slow and poetic delivery]

I ain't been perfect, nah, far from pure

But I’ve walked through storms just tryin’ to endure

Every sin like a scar I wear

I got verses in my soul I don’t dare share

Told God once I’d never fold

But the world got cold, and my heart went old

She left with a look that said “don’t chase me”

And I’ve been writin’ psalms ever since—broken, shaky

They say love is a river, but mine turned dry

Now I sip from silence and stare at the sky

The same lips that kissed said goodbye

Left prayers in the dark with no reply

(chorus vocal harmonies swell in)

 

[Chorus – sung, with soft layered background vocals]

Hallelujah... to the nights I’ve lost

To the hearts I’ve hurt, and the lines I crossed

If pain is proof that I ever knew ya

Then this, my love, is my hallelujah

 

[Verse 2 – rap, more urgent tone]

They don’t see the weight I drag

How I smile for the world but inside I sag

Tried to find peace in a bottle or bed

But I only found echoes of things I once said

Mama said, "Son, don’t forget to pray"

But some nights my faith just fades away

I reach for stars but they slip through

Like all the dreams I once clung to

Still I write like each word might heal

Still bleed ink just to show what’s real

Even in loss, I sing my truth

A quiet cry beneath the moon—uncouth

 

[Chorus – sung again, more full]

Hallelujah... to the pain and grace

To the love I chased, that I can't replace

If sorrow sings, then let it do ya

Let this breath become my hallelujah

 

[Bridge – spoken softly like a confession, with faint guitar and organ]

For every fight that I couldn’t win

For every lie I held within

For every soul I failed to see

I offer this as a piece of me

 

[Outro – sung, gentle and fading]

Hallelujah...

Not for glory, not for fame

But for the beauty in the blame

Hallelujah...

Just a whisper in the dark

From a once-believing heart