Hidden Hallelujah by Christopher Grundy

TW: Human trafficking, dissociation

Thanks for listening. There is a hallelujah hidden in your life as well.

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Lyrics:

There’s a hallelujah hidden in a hotel room
where a teenage girl is prisoner tonight
she will float above her body when the customers come,
but there’s still a flame inside her burning bright

There’s a hallelujah hidden in a downtown cell
where a brown-skinned boy is waiting for his mom,
in that school-to-prison pipeline they will let you drown
but he’s praying for a way to carry on

They’re both reaching
for the music
the faintest whisper
of that kin-dom come

They’re all reaching for that hidden hallelujah
straining hard to hear those bells of justice ring
and though it’s bad as it can get
they’re not giving up just yet
‘cause it ain’t over ‘til the angels sing.

There’s a hallelujah hidden in a crisis home
where a shy transgender teen puts on their shoes
all the frightened stares will cut today and the insults burn
but they'll rise again tomorrow, just like you

We’re all reaching
for the music
the faintest whisper
of that word of grace

We’re all reaching for that hidden hallelujah
straining hard to hear those bells of justice ring
and though your weeping lasts all night
joy comes with the morning light
‘cause it ain’t over ‘til the angels sing.

Hallelujah (singing hallelujah)
Hallelujah (sing that hallelujah)
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

We’re all reaching for that hidden hallelujah
straining hard to hear those bells of justice ring
and though you’re walking through that fire
the love of God will never tire
‘cause it ain’t over ‘til the angels sing

it ain’t over ‘til the angels sing.

(c)2017 Christopher Grundy