Start With Hallelujah

It’s been awhile

You look the same

If I tilt my head and close my eyes

It’s like nothing here has changed

But it’s all changed

You’re a little rusty

This place a little dusty

But hey, aren’t we all?

Time kept on ticking

While I’ve been here screaming and kicking

I thought by now that one of us would fall

I know

just two crooked steeples

I know

Out of tune bells, barely ringing

Abandoned pews

Broken bruised

Can we make something beautiful

Let’s start with hallelujah

When we don’t know where to start

Let’s go back to the beginning

Before we fell apart

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

I hate goodbyes

But after all we’ve been through

Sometimes you have to leave to stay

The church that built me broke me

But I’m here to tell my story

Of how I’m picking up the pieces

We bare sacred scars

From stained glass wars

Our pride

Our demise

The world kept on turning

While we’ve been building and burning

I wonder if from the ashes we could rise

I wonder if now we could put away our pride

I wonder if now we could leave it all behind

To many pieces to pick up

By ourselves

And all our hands cut

From glass that we have held

When ever finger pointed’s

Reflected back to ourselves

Then who is it to blame

When our pews go unfilled

Unfulfilled callings

Weeds growing under awnings

Voiceless yet scratching and clawing

Picture their drawings

If the same result is reached over and over

Insanity takes the place of the chip on one's shoulder

Praying to move mountains

While being blocked by boulders

There’s only one resolve beloved

Let’s start over

Let’s start with hallelujah

When we don’t know where to start

Let’s go back to the beginning

Before we fell apart

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

I know

just two crooked steeples

I know

Out of tune bells, barely ringing

Abandoned pews

Broken bruised

Can we make something beautiful

Let’s make something beautiful

Hallelujah