Anticipation
Song Meaning
Expectation is the feeling in the opening lines: "I feel anticipation, feels like when the wind blows through the trees, there's a hope and I can taste it, ready to explode inside our praise." A prayer follows, "I can hear You calling... I feel Your Spirit moving, come and multiply my faith," which recalls the wind image of John 3:8 and the disciples' request in Luke 17:5.
The chorus quotes Psalm 24:7: "Open every door, let earth and heaven roar, fling wide you heavenly gates, here let Your kingdom reign, behold the glory King, honor His majesty." It ends in a command, "throw high your praise and come awake."
A bridge deals with the limits of words. "There is no language that could ever form words around Your grace, no amount of pages could describe what You've done inside this place... there is no religion that could box You in." The closing repeats "we've only just begun to see Your goodness, we've only just begun to sing Your praise," in the spirit of Ephesians 3:20 about God doing more than we imagine.
I feel anticipation
Feels like when the wind blows through the trees
There's a hope and I can taste it
Ready to explode inside our praise
I can hear You calling
And it takes my breath away
I feel Your spirit moving
Come and multiply my faith
Open every door
Let earth and heaven roar
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Here let Your kingdom reign
Behold the glory King
Honor His majesty
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Throw high your praise and come awake
Come awake
There is no language
That could ever form words around Your grace
No amount of pages
Could describe what You've done inside this place
There is no religion
That could box You in, that could keep You in
No limit to Your greatness
We can't help but sing
So open every door
Let earth and heaven roar
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Here let Your kingdom reign
Behold the glory King
Honor His majesty
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Throw high your praise and come awake
Come awake in us to life again
We've only just begun to see
Only just begun to see
Your goodness
We've only just begun to sing
Only just begun to sing
Your praise
Sing it out
We've only just begun to see
Only just begun to see
Your goodness
I know
We've only just begun to sing
Only just begun to sing
Your praise
So open every door
Let earth and heaven roar
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Here let Your kingdom reign
Behold the glory King
Honor His majesty
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Throw high your praise and come awake
So open every door
Let earth and heaven roar
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Here let Your kingdom reign
Behold the glory King
Honor His majesty
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Throw high your praise and come awake
Come awake, come awake
Oh, come awake