11: Hallelujah Cover and Spoken Word by Celita
[SONG]
I heard there was a secret cord
That David played and it pleased the lord
But you don't really care for music do ya
It goes like this the forth the fifth
The minor fall the major lift
That baffled king composing hallelujah 4x
[SPOKEN WORD]
And I had a secret chord as well
Whenever it was strum I responded
I was titillated by it constantly
Indulging in it regularly though it was bad for me
Trying to be free was a pipe dream
It was imagery that would elude
Even as my verbal desires would exude
My body’s desires to fall in line
I found myself in the same places
Engaged in the same disgraceful thing
Time after time
Freedom - what was that?
What was this idea that we could move without restraint
Live in unconditional love without worry of our own gains
Without feeling less than or lacking
Without exhausting ourselves from tracking
What we had left to accomplish, what we had left behind
What ailments we had left to heal,
What thoughts fixated our minds
What more we had to make right
In what ways I had to continue to fight
Its an opportunity to stop proving
An opportunity to keep moving in the right direction
And scream
Hallelujah
[SONG]
Maybe I've been here before
I've seen this room I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew ya
And I've seen your flag on the marvel arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah 4x
[SPOKEN WORD]
You see, its not about my promises to God
Promises I can never keep
It’s not about what I give to Him or what He needs from me
It’s about my ability to acknowledge who He is
This is the key to being Free
He’s larger than my current battle
And regardless of my grime
He is deserving of my praise, my awe, my wonder
Every single time
I don’t have to figure out what to say
I don’t have to be clever or articulate
There’s a word been given to us
And so even if we get tight lipped
It’s a word that reaches out of the pits of our soul
And past the lustful heart
Slithers through the trachea
clearing throat of lies
Of tongues of hurt that tear people apart
It communicates to our Lord
I know I’m not, but I know I AM
And it states that You are greater
You are bigger than “I am”
Father I know that you know everything
There’s no way that I can fool ya
So my Love is not a victory march
It’s a cold and broken hallelujah
[SONG]
Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Is how to go at somebody who out drew ya
And its not a cry that you hear at night
And it's not someone who had seen the Light
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
[SPOKEN WORD]
I was stuck in my ways
Too unworthy to pray
Not knowing what to say
And it came
I remember I tested
That word and it bested
Me as I spoke and I kept it
All all same
In my room I was crying
It felt like a tomb I was dying
And I was tired of trying
To say the right things at the right time
In the right ways with the right frame of mind
I know You’re good, all the time
But I don’t want to just say you’re good right now
I want You to shine brighter than the fake fallen facade I once fancied
It's all you have to say
When all is done and spoken for
At the end of the day
When all have gone you've been hoping for
If you're thankful, if your sad
If your hurting, if your mad
If your joyful and you've had
Your share of empty prayers and spiritual ads
Promoting prosperity or riches
You've prayed your jabez up the tailpipe
You don't want to know any more secrets
It's Hallelujah that you should say at night
A praise of freedom in our declaration
Though our lives still desire emancipation
We speak through our cold and broken
And probably hope filled
Hallelujah
