Lyrics
Chorus (x8)
Fill the room, fill the room
Fill the room, fill the room
Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit
Refrain
Fill the room, fill the room
Fill the room, fill the room
Bridge
Lift up your heads
O ye gates
Open up ye ancient doors
Let the King of glory come in
We speak to our hearts
Lift up your head, oh ye gates
Open up ye ancient doors
Let the King of glory come in
Let the King of glory come in
Outro
He desires to fill the room, fill the room
Fill the room, fill the room
Fill the room, fill the room
Fill the room, fill the room
Fill the room, fill the room
Fill the room, fill the room (Of our hearts)
Fill the room, fill the room (Of our minds)
Fill the room, fill the room (Of our spirits)
Fill the room, fill the room (Of our souls)
Fill the room, fill the room (Fill every room, Jesus)
Fill the room, fill the room (Fill every room, Jesus)
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Fill the Room" is a repetitive prayer asking the Holy Spirit to fill a gathering. The opening section cycles through the short petition "Fill the room" with the name "Holy Spirit" as its answer, a pattern that suits extended congregational singing where one request is held and repeated.
The middle section borrows wording from Psalm 24 with the lines "Lift up your heads" and "Let the King of glory come in." In that psalm the gates are called to open for the King of glory, and here the image is applied to the worshipers themselves, with a spoken line about speaking to hearts.
The closing section widens the request. Parenthetical phrases name hearts, minds, spirits and souls as the rooms to be filled, so the invitation moves from a shared space to the inner life of each person present. With so few words, the song works as a prayer of welcome rather than a story.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 24:7 The psalm calls the gates to lift up their heads so the King of glory may come in.
- Ephesians 5:18 Paul urges believers to be filled with the Spirit.