Hillsong UNITED - Heaven Knows Lyrics

Heaven Knows explores love, forgiveness, pain, and surrender through the image of a heart that needs to be held. The opening admits that forgiveness can feel like conflict and that love may involve risk, tears, and apparent weakness. Rather than resolving those tensions with easy certainty, the song moves toward release. The everlasting sound within the singer becomes a call to stop holding on through personal strength and to entrust the wounded heart to God.

The repeated confession that heaven knows the depth of love is followed by worship focused on the greatness of divine love. That transition gives the song a prayerful direction: personal affection and suffering are placed within a larger awareness of Gods care. Psalm 34:18 offers a close biblical connection through its assurance that the Lord is near to the brokenhearted. Romans 5:8 grounds divine love in the self-giving work of Christ, while Ephesians 3 speaks of love whose dimensions exceed full comprehension. The closing repetition turns struggle into surrender and allows gratitude to become the final response.