You Saved My Soul

Rivers & Robots' “You Saved My Soul” opens with a call for people from everywhere to sing. “Let the new song arise from every tongue and tribe, every mountain high and every valley. Let our love burn bright all through the darkest night.” The second part turns to the singer's life, thanking the one who “gave it all to have my heart” and who knew “every part of me” from the start, including “how He'd make me to give Him glory.”

The chorus is direct. “Beautiful One, You saved my soul, You are my everything, You make me whole. What can I give but give my all? You're so deserving.” The singer then takes up the greatest commandment as a vow, “I will love You, Lord, with all my heart and soul, all my mind and strength, just like You told us to.” The last verse celebrates the Spirit's presence: “You are no more behind a temple wall, You gave Your life for all.” It ends picturing God waiting for an open heart so he could “come inside and breathe new life.” The song moves from a global vision to personal worship and back again.

The new song from every tribe is Revelation 5:9. Loving God with all your heart is Mark 12:30, and the torn temple veil is Matthew 27:51.