Hallelujah For A Broken Man

[Verse 1]
I was drunk on Sunday morning
Bible on the floor, face in the mud
Cussin’ at the sky, daring You to strike me
Heart like a field, flooded in blood
Bar door swung, I heard that hymn
Leaked through the wall like a memory
Voice in my gut said, “Boy, that’s for you”
I stumbled in, chains clinkin’ on me
[Chorus]
Hallelujah for a broken man (hallelujah)
Knee in the dirt, other hand raised up
I was raised on sin, now I’m raised again
Washed in fire, overflowing cup
I was lost as hell, now I’m holy and scared
Of the love that didn’t let go
Hallelujah, I’m saved, I’m saved
By a God I once told to go
[Verse 2]
Choir in the rafters, dark as thunder
Old preacher shoutin’ like he knew my name
Every dirty secret, every alleyway whisper
Felt that cross cut right through my shame
I dropped them pills at the foot of that altar
Every bottle, every curse I ever screamed
Tears in my beard, snot on my collar
Laughin’ like a madman finally freed
[Chorus]
Hallelujah for a broken man (hallelujah)
Knee in the dirt, other hand raised up
I was raised on sin, now I’m raised again
Washed in fire, overflowing cup
I was lost as hell, now I’m holy and scarred
By the love that didn’t let go
Hallelujah, I’m saved, I’m saved
By a God I once told to go
[Bridge]
Yeah, I still got a mouth that slips
Still see ghosts when the night gets thick
But that grave I dug don’t fit me now
That stone rolled off, I ain’t goin’ back down
[Chorus]
Hallelujah for a broken man (hallelujah)
Singing with the choir that I used to mock
I was raised on sin, now I’m raised again
Hands up high while the angels talk
I was lost as hell, now I’m holy and held
By a love that refuses “no”
Hallelujah, I’m saved, I’m saved
And I’ll shout that truth till I go

country, Dark cinematic orchestra meets dusty country ballad; low strings and bowed bass under twangy baritone guitar, male vocals leading a small, haunted gospel choir. Verses stay intimate and gravelly over sparse picking and distant choirs; chorus swells with brass stabs, big toms, and stacked “hallelujah” harmonies. Final refrain strips back to voice and organ, then full band and choir crash in for a triumphant, chest-thumping ending. Male vocals only., orchestral, male vocals, happy, healing