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More Than A Song by Dunsin Oyekan cover art

Dunsin Oyekan - More Than A Song Lyrics

Artist:
Dunsin Oyekan
Album:
The Gospel of the Kingdom
Official Release:
12 Jul 2020

Lyrics

Verse


I have more than a song today
I brought myself, I am the sacrifice.
I have more than a song today
I brought myself, I am Your worship.


Chorus


Receive this living sacrifice
I am Your worship
Accept this living sacrifice
I am Your worship.


Bridge


I am Your worship
I am Your sacrifice.


Outro


Leave me at the Altar with my Father.


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Meaning & Inspiration

More Than A Song reduces worship to a single claim: what is being offered is not a song but the singer themselves. The verse states this directly, "I brought myself, I am the sacrifice," before the chorus repeats the same idea as a request rather than a declaration.

That language is close to Romans 12:1, which describes offering one's own body as a living sacrifice as an act of worship, distinguishing that offering from a ritual performed at a distance. Dunsin Oyekan's lyric keeps that distinction explicit, naming the sacrifice as "living" by tying it to the singer's ongoing life rather than a single moment.

The bridge repeats "I am Your worship, I am Your sacrifice" as a settled identity rather than a goal still being reached, and the brief outro, "leave me at the altar with my Father," closes the song at the place of offering itself rather than moving away from it. The song's shortness mirrors its own claim: there is little left to add once the offering is named.

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