Hollow took my Hallelujah

Lyrics

[Intro – Whispered, over wind and distant church bell] > "Ain’t no preacher ever come past Widow’s Ledge… Not since the chapel sank… and took the choir with it." --- [Verse 1] I heard God once in a coyote’s cry, Fangs full of stars and a bleeding sky. The Bible fell open to a page that burned, And the words all wept, “You never return.” Mama said hush, but the hush turned black, Daddy went walkin’ and he never came back. The creek turned red, but it ran uphill, And the cross on the ridge started twitchin’ still. --- [Chorus] The Hollow took my Hallelujah, Drowned it deep in the well of Cain. I prayed so loud the trees went silent, But the silence only knew my name. Now I carry faith like a loaded rifle, A hymn in my throat and a grave in my chest. The Hollow took my Hallelujah— Left me kneelin’ with no rest. --- [Verse 2] There's a church with no doors and a roof of bone, Where the choir moans in a minor drone. They sing to a God that forgot His face, And stitched His name in empty space. My brother carved psalms in the belly of trees, Said “Some truths crawl, they don’t ever leave.” And the wind said “Child, what you think is light— Is just the shadow of second sight.” --- [Chorus] The Hollow took my Hallelujah, Hung it high in the gallows pine. The preacher came with a smile full of locusts, And a chalice of turpentine. So I drink my prayers and cough up ashes, Mark the stars with a knife and thread. The Hollow took my Hallelujah— But it ain’t got my dread. --- [Bridge – Spoken, broken voice] > "I still wear the cross, but I keep it turned… So the Devil can’t see where the light once burned…" --- [Final Chorus – Slower, layered ghost-choir] The Hollow took my Hallelujah, But I walk with fire in my veins. The Lord went quiet, but the bones remember, And the hush still hums His name. I’ll rise one dawn with a cracked revival, Carved from grief and crow-wing soot. The Hollow took my Hallelujah— But it didn’t take my root.