Can I have your attention?
What are we starting here?
Just look around you 'cause the answer is clear
Listen, listen and hear the coming sound
All of the children are singing it loud

Let's be the revolution
That lives for holding nothing back, nothing back

We're after Your heart, after Your heart
All of the walls now are breaking apart
Live like we see it, love like we mean it
This is the start we're after Your heart

Start the ascension, begin the holy climb
Up to where heaven and the earth collide
Bring your affection all that you have inside
Enter the kingdom and become alive

'Cause love with no condition
It lives for holding nothing back, nothing back

We're after Your heart, after Your heart
All of the walls now are breaking apart
Live like we see it, love like we mean it
This is the start we're after Your heart

Oh, let's go higher and higher
Hear the sound of the free
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Lift your soul join with the choir
Sing the song, let it ring
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

We're after Your heart
Never going to stop until we reach You

We're after Your heart, after Your heart
All of the walls now are breaking apart
Live like we see it, love like we mean it
This is the start we're after Your heart

We're after Your heart
Never going to stop until we reach You


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After Your Heart Lyrics as written by Peter C. Kipley Pete Kipley

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    this song means all christians should never let go of the Lord and keep chasing after His heart. We love God and all who are our brothers and sistes. God Bless All. -Leah

    leahpavkovon December 29, 2007   Link
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    this song means all christians should never let go of the Lord and keep chasing after His heart. We love God and all who are our brothers and sistes. God Bless All. -Leah

    leahpavkovon December 29, 2007   Link
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    this song means all christians should never let go of the Lord and keep chasing after His heart. We love God and all who are our brothers and sistes. God Bless All. -Leah

    leahpavkovon December 29, 2007   Link
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    I love this song! It's talking about how Christians are to live their lives for Christ. It's for time for the children of God to start living completely for Him and to the fullest. It's time for us to love God and others with all of our hearts! LET'S be the revolution!!

    mkgurl90on January 25, 2009   Link
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    i love this song, and i've only heard it once! i was really surprised by it because i was expecting it to be like true love and divine romance, which are good, but slow, but this is upbeat

    pr1nc355on June 28, 2009   Link

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