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By Heart, By Soul
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Aug 18, 2026 updated
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Avalon's song "By Heart, By Soul," featuring Aaron Neville, is a heartfelt worship ballad expressing a deep desire to know God intimately and completely. The lyrics use vivid metaphors—comparing God to a road, a song, a place, and a star—to illustrate the longing to understand and follow Him with every part of one's being. The chorus emphasizes wanting to know God "by heart, by soul," keeping Him as close as breath to life. The bridge expresses a yearning to know God inside and out, better than knowing oneself. Overall, the song is a prayerful declaration of devotion and a pursuit of a profound, personal relationship with God.
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If You were a road
I'd learn every turn til I
Could find my way with my eyes closed
If You were a song
I'd sing along til I
Knew every word and every note
But you were everything to me
A mystery
Your the Love I live to see
[Chorus:]
By heart, by soul
That's how I want to know You
Keep you as close as
Breath is to life
Wanna watch Your Love unfold
By heart, by soul
If You were a place
I'd stay my whole life til I
Had every corner memorized
And if You were a star
I'f follow You home, You would be
The Light that is my only guide
You were everything to me
My A to Z
Your the Love thats lives in me
[Bridge:]
I wanna know You inside and out
Better than I even know myself
If You were a star
I'd follow You home by heart
By soul