[Verse 1]
We come together with a holy purpose
We come together for the highest cause
We speak one language from a heart of worship
Gathered to bring a song to the world
for Your glory
[Chorus]
With one voice we will sing
Every tribe and every tongue
brings a harmony
With one voice we will bring
Heaven’s beautiful melody down to this earth
As we sing to our King
with one voice
[Verse 2]
Oceans divide us
but we sing together
Now what defines us is our love of You
From every nation and across all borders
gathered to bring a song to the world
for Your glory
[Chorus]
With one voice we will sing
Every tribe and every tongue
Brings a harmony
With one voice we will bring
Heaven’s beautiful melody down to this earth
As we sing to our King
With one voice
[Verse 3]
Come on come on and join the song
Our God our God is on the throne
Come on come on and join the song
Hallelujah hallelujah
Come on come on and join the song
Our God our God is on the throne
Come on come on and join the song
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, our God reigns
Let us all rejoice
With one voice we will bring
Heaven’s beautiful melody down to this earth
As we sing, sing to our King
With one voice
With one voice
Hallelujah, our God reigns
Let us all rejoice
Sing hallelujah
Sing His praise
Let us all rejoice
Sing hallelujah, our God reigns
Let us all rejoice
Sing hallelujah
Sing His praise
Let us all rejoice
With One Voice
Song Meaning
Steven Curtis Chapman scales "With One Voice" up from a single congregation to a global claim without losing the specific detail of unity across difference — "every tribe and every tongue brings a harmony... from every nation and across all borders, gathered to bring a song to the world." The song names distance and difference directly before resolving them, rather than assuming unity as a given.
"Oceans divide us but we sing together, now what defines us is our love of You" states plainly what actually closes the distance — not shared culture or language, but a shared object of worship. "Come on, come on and join the song" repeats as an open invitation rather than a description of who's already singing.
"Hallelujah, our God reigns, let us all rejoice" closes the song on a declaration rather than a request, and the title phrase itself — "with one voice" — becomes less a description of harmony and more the actual goal the whole song is building toward.