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Broken Hallelujah (Not My Will)
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Aug 4, 2026 updated
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Tim Hughes's 'Broken Hallelujah [Not My Will]' is a live worship song about bringing honest praise to God even in deep pain and trouble. The lyrics express heartbreak, feeling distant from hope, and struggling to pray, yet choosing to offer a 'broken hallelujah' as an act of faith. The song echoes Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane, surrendering to God's will with 'Not my will but yours be done.' It encourages believers to trust and obey God even when they cannot understand their circumstances, finding strength to worship through tears and silence.
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Tears fall how my heart breaks
Trouble has visited again
Hope feels so far away
Songs that stir up my faith
Just feel like lines upon a page
Empty but still you remain
And I all I have to bring
A song of honest praise and a broken hallelujah
Take this broken hallelujah
In silence and in pain
I'll choose to sing again with a broken hallelujah
Take this broken hallelujah
How long is all I can pray
Father please take this cup away
Help me trust and obey
And I all I have to bring
A song of honest praise and a broken hallelujah
Take this broken hallelujah
In silence and in pain
I'll choose to sing again with a broken hallelujah
Take this broken hallelujah
Not my will but yours be done
Not my will, your Kingdom come
Not my will but yours be done
Not my will, your Kingdom come
And I all I have to bring
A song of honest praise and a broken hallelujah
Take this broken hallelujah
In silence and in pain
I'll choose to sing again with a broken hallelujah
Take this broken hallelujah
Not my will but yours be done
Not my will, your Kingdom come
Not my will but yours be done
Not my will, your Kingdom come
And I all I have to bring
A song of honest praise and a broken hallelujah
Take this broken hallelujah
In silence and in pain
I'll choose to sing again with a broken hallelujah
Take this broken hallelujah