Tent Revival

Church as a party begins this Travis Greene track: "It's time for church, first giving honor to the head of my life." Greene calls Christ "the life of the party" who gives "beauty for ashes," a phrase from Isaiah 61:3, and adds "don't need no matches, He is fire all by Himself."

The chorus asks for fire. "Light it up in my soul, I can see You moving, Holy Ghost take control, I can feel Your fire like a tent revival." The flames recall the tongues of fire in Acts 2:3, and a line about praise going up while "the blessings come down, enough to go around" sets the tone of an old-time revival meeting, with a warning not to "be ashamed if you feel it in your hands."

The bridge becomes a picture of a heart. "I see wood, I see fire, I will be Your revival" draws on the altar fire that was never to go out in Leviticus 6:13, and "my heart is a tent for You to dwell in" fits 1 Corinthians 3:16 about God living in his people. The same two lines repeat until the end, with a short "live here" aside in the middle.