AMY GRANT

AMY GRANT - Better Than A Hallelujah lyrics

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God loves a lullaby

In a mother's tears in the dead of night

Better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

God loves a drunkards cry,

The soldier's plea not to let him die

Better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

We pour out our miseries

God just hears a melody

Beautiful the mess we are

The honest cries of breaking hearts

Are better than a Hallelujah

The woman holding on for life,

The dying man giving up the fight

Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes

The tears of shame for what's been done,

The silence when the words won't come

Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

We pour out our miseries

God just hears a melody

Beautiful the mess we are

The honest cries of breaking hearts

Are better than a Hallelujah

Better than a church bell ringing,

Better than a choir singing out,singing out.

We pour out our miseries

God just hears a melody

Beautiful the mess we are

The honest cries of breaking hearts

Are better than a Hallelujah

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Thanks to Cassidy for correcting these lyrics

Thanks to Tella for correcting these lyrics

Thanks to Tom Scott for correcting these lyrics

Thanks to Adline Liza for correcting these lyrics

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8 Comments found

Anonymous
Saturday 9th of February 2013 06:24
love this song!
Anonymous
Tuesday 29th of May 2012 18:44
a very lovely song that pours its heart out with certain truths that we overlook sometimes in this busy generation. JACINTHA.
Anonymous
Tuesday 29th of May 2012 18:43
a very lovely song that pours its heart out with certain truths that we overlook sometimes in this busy generation.
momma k
Wednesday 30th of November 2011 16:27
i think it's a matter of perspective...i don't hear the song demeaning "hallelujah". i hear the emphasis on a lost and hurting person crying out to God. Psalm 51:17 says, "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." The Lord is close to those who are broken hearted. When someone cries out to God with total sincerity and honesty, it truly gets God's attention. God wants an honest heart over a religious praise. It's beautifully written. Jesus came to seek and save the lost and dying...that's what I hear in this song.
Manly
Tuesday 17th of May 2011 02:08
Does anybody even care that this song is a theological aberration? Yes, it is a touchy-feely tune but it is pablum for the Scripturally illiterate. This song is not Scriptural. Pure and simple. The word "Hallelujah" is the highest form of worship in the entirety of God's creation. The elders surrounding the throne of God in heaven fall on their faces and cast their crowns at the Lamb's feet in utter awe and reverence when the word is spoken. The entirety of God's creation in heaven, earth and under the earth are moved to worship God when that word is spoken! Yet this woman dares to suggest that she's come up with something better? Can anyone improve on the Divine imperative to Worship the Creator? I think not! It pains me to see how easily this gullible generation swallows hook line and sinker anything that is packaged as "Christian" these days. The attitude seems to be, "Who cares? It sounds nice so, it must be good! Right?"
erica27
Saturday 2nd of April 2011 17:25
I think its a nice song except the part" better than a hallelujah" we must first understand what hallelujah is. My understanding of it is that it means praise God. Nothing is better than praising God we were created for that specific reason. At no point in life can anything be better than praising God the angels do it 24/7 how much more shouldn't we. Yes God loves it when we come to him with all our hearts, in our pain, as a refuge, etc but to say that that's better than a hallelujah I must disagree because even in the midst of pain God deserves our praise. Hallelujah is the Greek mode of spelling the Hebrew words, which are translated "Praise Ye Jehovah." Notice Hallelu"jah" ends with Jah. Jah is a shortened form of Jehovah. Most people have no idea that when they say Hallelujah they are actually saying "Praise Jehova
skittles!
Tuesday 19th of October 2010 19:10
What an amazing song!
Claire:-)
Saturday 14th of August 2010 17:53
I love love love this song! its amazing how true so many ways we look to God and pray to him for help and redemtion. Its better than a hallelujah sometimes