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Symphony
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Oct 14, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Josh Wilson's “Symphony” describes the world as music that God has been writing since Eden. It started there, when he breathed into the dust of the ground, creating the sound of a heartbeat like the drumbeat to a song.
The singer says it began as a solo and built to a crescendo to the ends of the earth, until everyone heard the music that God is making in us all. Every breath we breathe is a melody in a love song to the God who made every soul to see and every life to bring out the beauty in the world. The chorus invites everyone to come with all their heart, lift their voice and play their part in the symphony. The verses give two pictures of the music. One is the laughing of an orphan the first time he looks into the eyes of the family who is bringing him home. The other is the silence of the church underground, whose members sing without a sound, somehow. These examples make the song more specific than a general call to praise, and they place worship in both joy and persecution. The melody is bright and the chorus invites a crowd to join in. It suits adoption celebrations, missions services and any gathering that wants to hear every voice as part of one piece of music.
God breathing life into the man is Genesis 2:7. Everything that has breath praising the Lord is Psalm 150:6, and the father welcoming home his son is Luke 15:20.
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To the dust of the ground,
Creating the sound of a heartbeat
Like the drumbeat to a song.
It started out as a solo, a crescendo,
To the ends of the Earth,
'Til everyone heard the music
God is making in us all.
And now every breath we breathe, is a melody
In the love song to the God who made
Every soul to see, every life to bring out
The beauty in this world.
So come on with all your heart,
Lift your voice and play your part
In this symphony.
Hear it in the laughing,
Of an orphan, the very first time
He looks in the eyes of the family
Who's here to bring him home.
Feel it in the silence, in the worship,
Of the church underground,
They're singing without a sound, somehow.
And now every breath we breathe, is a melody
In the love song to the God who made
Every soul to see, every life to bring out
The beauty in this world.
So come on with all your heart,
Lift your voice and play your part
In this symphony.
This symphony.
So sing with me,
Of His majesty,
Come on, just sing with me
In this symphony.
Now every breath we breathe, is a melody
In the love song to the God who made
Every soul to see, every life to bring out
The beauty in this world.
So come on with all your heart,
Lift your voice and play your part
Oh come on with all your heart,
Lift your voice and play your part
In this symphony.
This symphony.
This symphony.
This symphony.