{"id":25858,"date":"2014-04-14T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=25858"},"modified":"2014-04-13T21:15:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T04:15:13","slug":"better-than-a-hallelujah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/14\/better-than-a-hallelujah\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Monday: Better than a hallelujah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"facebook\" alt=\"amy-grant\" src=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/amy-grant.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/>An appropriate song for Lent, Amy Grant&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Better than a hallelujah&#8221;<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rm5kx3xqmg0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>God loves a lulluby<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> In a mother&#8217;s tears in the dead of night<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Better than a Hallelujah sometimes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>God loves the drunkard&#8217;s cry<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> The soldier&#8217;s plea not to let him die<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Better than a Hallelujah sometimes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>We pour out our miseries<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> God just hears a melody<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Beautiful, the mess we are<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> The honest cries of breaking hearts<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Are better than a Hallelujah<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>The woman holding on for life<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> The dying man giving up the fight<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>The tears of shame for what&#8217;s been done<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> The silence when the words won&#8217;t come<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>We pour out our miseries<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> God just hears a melody<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Beautiful the mess we are<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> The honest cries of breaking hearts<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Are better than a Hallelujah<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Better than a church bell ringing<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Better than a choir singing out, singing out<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An appropriate song for Lent, Amy Grant&#8217;s &#8220;Better than a hallelujah&#8221;&#8230; 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