Heart Like Heaven

Hillsong Worship pairs awe with honesty in "Heart Like Heaven." It begins with one word, "Holy," and the confession that "no measure knows Your worth," then drops "face down / Where mercy finds me first." The singer does not claim to deserve a place: "If You sought perfection / I'd die trying to reach it / But this broken heart is all You want."

The chorus gives the title its meaning. Singing "holy is Your Name," the worshipper asks that heart and heaven join in one sound, a "heart broke sound" offered to God. A verse asks, "If it lifts You higher / Burn in me Your desire," and then, "I'll throw my weakness / Into Your greatness." The song closes by naming Jesus as Saviour, King forever, and worthy of all praise.

Psalm 51:17 supplies the central idea that God will not despise a broken and contrite heart, Isaiah 6:3 sets the cry of "holy" in heaven's own worship, and Revelation 5:12 gives the matching line that the Lamb is worthy. Weakness is handed over rather than hidden, which gives the song a humble tone suited to prayer-filled corporate worship.