Integrity Music announces the launch of Songs From The Soil, a new collective of UK songwriters and worship leaders seeking to reignite the UK Church’s songbook by creating fertile spaces where new songs of worship might grow.
Songs From The Soil will release ‘Fighting For My Heart’, their debut single led by Philippa Hanna and Noel Robinson, on 13th January 2023. The new song was originally written by KXC’s Rich di Castiglione and LA-based songwriter Jordan Frye for those wrestling with issues of self-hatred and self-harm, although it has become an anthem of hope to many others too. ‘Fighting For My Heart’ is based on the closing verses in Romans 8, exhorting God’s people and celebrating how nothing can separate us from the love of God – not even our own brokenness. In the chorus, echoes of Psalms 139 and 23 highlight the liturgical thread running through ‘Fighting For My Heart’.
“We pray that this song can become an anthem of hope and a song of deliverance for all who have no hope left for themselves,” says Rich di Castiglione.
‘Fighting For My Heart’ will begin unveiling the stripped-back, communal, and deeply honest feel that captures what Songs From The Soil is all about.
“Fighting For My Heart” is available now to pre-save.
Lyrics:
Verse 1
I tried to numb the pain
And cut off from my heart
I tried to hide the hurting
And cover up the scars
But oh Your love was chasing after me
Verse 2
When I thought I was worthless
A stranger to your grace
You followed me with mercy
Each time I ran away
But oh Your love was chasing after me
Chorus
Oh even if I go to the highest place
Or sink to my knees and hide my face
Oh I cannot out-run, I can’t escape;
Your love is chasing after me
Your love keeps chasing after me
Verse 3
As I lift my hands to worship
I bare to you my scars
There has never been a moment
That you weren’t fighting for my heart
Oh Your love was chasing after me
Bridge
Never abandoned
Never rejected
I have a Father who is fighting for my
heart
Oh what a saviour
Oh what a healer
I have a Father who is fighting for my
heart
