Dunsin Oyekan - Open Up Lyrics

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OPEN UP - Dunsin Oyekan

Meaning & Inspiration

When you sit down to listen to Dunsin Oyekan, you realize pretty quickly that he isn’t interested in surface-level fluff. Back in September 2020, he contributed Open Up to the Green Worship 3.0 project, and it hit with the weight of a spiritual dam breaking. The song ditches the rhythm of the mundane to press into the frequency of the unseen. It feels like a prayer meeting that got too intense to keep quiet. When he sings that we are made from things unseen, he’s pointing straight at the writer of Hebrews who reminds us that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that what is visible was not made out of things that are apparent. Oyekan is demanding a recalibration of our internal posture, insisting that we stop living off the leftovers of this world and start tapping into the hidden things of God.

The theology here is bold because it insists on a direct, uninhibited connection with the Father. When the lyrics command, let deep call unto deep, we are transported to Psalm 42:7, where the psalmist writes that deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls. It is a terrifying and exhilarating invitation to stop playing in the shallows. He isn't just asking for a blessing; he is asking for a breakthrough in his own spirit. By referencing the belly as the source of living water, he grounds the whole track in the promise Jesus gave in John 7:38. If you believe in Him, out of your heart—your innermost being—will flow rivers of living water. Oyekan understands that the Christian life isn't meant to be a stagnant pond but a conduit for the Holy Spirit.

There is an urgency in the way he shouts for no boundaries and no limits. He is dismantling the self-imposed barriers that keep us from the Presence. If we are truly in Christ, then our spirit should be wide open, unrestricted by the petty anxieties of the day. This isn't just a song about feeling good in a service; it is a declaration of war against the spiritual deafness that keeps us from hearing the Father’s heartbeat. You can hear the hunger in every line, an appetite for the realms of glory that the Apostle Paul wrote about when he urged us to seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated. To sing this song is to invite a holy disruption into your life, forcing you to choose between the safety of your own borders and the reckless, glorious flow of the river of God. Stop measuring your walk by human standards and let the river finally have its way.