When the rain you want

When the rain you want

Is a flood instead

And the roses bloom but they’re not quite red

When I reach the edge

Of my bravery

 I’ll still be singing at the banks of an unparted sea

Sometimes the only way through it is a hallelujah

 (The only way through it is a hallelujah)

 Sometimes the only thing to do is just to give it to you

(The only thing to do is just to give it to you)

And though my troubles shake me

I know they will never move You

Sometimes the only way through it is a hallelujah, hallelujah

 That’s why I say hallelujah, hallelujah

 There’s what I want

 And then there’s where I’m at

Every one step forward, it got me five steps back

And I cried, I called

 God knows I prayed

 But most days Faith is climbing up a mountain that stayed

 That’s why the only way through it is a hallelujah

 (The only way through it is a hallelujah)

 Sometimes the only thing to do is just to hand it to you

 (The only thing to do is just to hand it to you)

And although my troubles shake me

 I know they could never move You

Sometimes the only way through it is a hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

That’s why I say hallelujah, hallelujah

 It don’t always fix your problems

 But it’ll tell you how small they are

 That's the thing about praise

 That's the thing about praise

 It won’t always move the mountain

 But it’s good for the heart

That's the thing about praise

That's the thing about praise

You’ll never know what it’s gonna change

But it’ll always leave a mark

 That's the thing about praise

That's the thing about praise

I might see walls start falling

 Or it might just change my heart

 That's the thing about praise

 That’s the thing about praise

 That’s the thing about praise

 That’s the thing about praise

 The only way through it is a hallelujah

 (The only way through it is a hallelujah)

Sometimes the only thing to do is just to hand it to you

 (The only thing to do is just to hand it to you)

 And although my troubles shake me

I know they could never move You

The only way through it is a hallelujah, hallelujah

 That’s the thing about praise

You never know what it’ll change, change, change

 That’s why I say

Hallelujah, hallelujah

That’s the thing about praise

You don’t even know what it’s about to change

 That’s why I say

Hallelujah, hallelujah