The track initially earned a placement on the ABC drama Station 19, inciting fan anticipation for its arrival and landing it at #2 on Tunefind's 2022 year end "Best Unreleased Songs List." Finally released as part of Luke Sital-Singh's Strange Weather EP, it channels the intimacy of Luke’s approach—as if he’s letting you eavesdrop on an internal conversation late at night. Driven by chords played on “an old electric piano from the sixties,” the stark instrumentation draws a spotlight to his verses and the refrain’s uplifting affirmation, “Can I sing ‘Hallelujah Anyway’ when the days are long and the night won’t fade?”
“I’m trying to push myself to be happier,” admits the UK singer, songwriter and producer. “I’m a pessimistic person. I’m always worried. To me, it’s a universal message—we all go through tough times, and we can’t really get away from it. It’s just about how you deal with it. It’s also a “We” song for my wife and me. We go through everything together, and it feels like we’re a unit in terms of how we look at the world.”
lyrics
Every morning pray for rain
To bring that feeling back again
Something falling on my skin
A holy moment happening
How it hurts remembering
Can I sing hallelujah anyway?
When the days are long
And the night won’t fade
Can I sing hallelujah anyway
Through the pain is real
And I’m not ok
Can I sing hallelujah anyway?
Did I hear someone whispering?
Or a memory in the wind
When brokenness becomes a friend
A holy moment happening
How it hurts remembering
I’ll keep singing like a lonely choir
Every note is lifting higher
When my voice breaks
And I can’t see straight
Something stops me giving in
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