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One day they forced me on a boat and told me that i had no vote in what i could and could not do they took me to the market square and threw me on that wooden stair i sang aloud the broken hallelujah the white men stared and thought about which of us they wanted in their house to do the dirty work and hard labor i prayed they wouldn't split us up i guess i didn't pray enough we cried as we sang the broken hallelujah the sound of whips was my lullaby my knees were weak i could not cry because of the brutal consequences our master he would beat us all the screams were a helpless call we'd bleed and sing the broken hallelujah we whispered about paradise but our master was as cold as ice there was no way to escape this life of torture we heard in the north that freedom reigns no blood no tears no rusty chains Songtextewe sing in hope of the broken hallelujah at last i tried to escape that night they caught and hung me in the light all watched while i screamed, "god save me" but now i'm free from all the fear remember that the end is near i song alone the hallelujah (Dank an Girlgonewild für den Text) Aus Songtexte Mania