[Verse 1] I don’t need to prove my heaven By telling you your road is wrong I don’t need to raise my voice To show the world where I belong If what I believe is holy Let holiness be what you see A little kinder with the wounded A little slower to condemn A little more like mercy When the stranger walks on in [Pre-Chorus] Let my faith be more than words More than symbols, more than names If the fire is really burning There should be warmth within the flame [Chorus] No religion in this world Is greater than kindness No scripture ever written Is deeper than compassion No prayer rising to the heavens Is holier than love Let my life become the answer To the words I’m speaking of Let my hands say what I pray Let my heart become a place Where every soul who enters Can feel a little safe No prayer is holier No prayer is holier No prayer is holier than love [Verse 2] Jesus knelt beside the broken Touched the ones pushed to the side Buddha taught a boundless kindness With no being left outside Different words and different stories Different ways of naming Light But compassion needs no argument When someone hurts tonight So if my faith makes me feel higher While another is below Maybe I have missed the teaching That my life was meant to show [Pre-Chorus] For the fruit reveals the branches And the heart reveals the creed What we truly hold as sacred Will be written in our deeds [Chorus] No religion in this world Is greater than kindness No scripture ever written Is deeper than compassion No prayer rising to the heavens Is holier than love Let my life become the answer To the words I’m speaking of Let my hands say what I pray Let my heart become a place Where every soul who enters Can feel a little safe No prayer is holier No prayer is holier No prayer is holier than love [Bridge] What if heaven hears our kindness Long before it hears our creed? What if worship looks like mercy When we meet another’s need? What if truth needs no defending When its fruit is plain to see? Patient hands and open tables Love without superiority May I never use Your name To build a wall another climbs Teach me faith that opens doors And leaves my need to win behind [Breakdown] Kinder When I could condemn Gentler When I could defend Listening When I could be right Loving When I could divide [Final Chorus] No religion in this world Is greater than kindness No scripture ever written Is deeper than compassion No prayer rising to the heavens Is holier than love Let my life become the answer To the words I’m speaking of Let my hands say what I pray Let my heart become a place Where every soul who enters Knows they’re safe within this space No one higher No one lower Every soul deserving love No prayer is holier No prayer is holier No prayer is holier than love [Outro] If you want to know my faith Don’t only listen when I pray Watch the way I treat the person Standing in my way May my heart become the sermon May compassion be enough And may everything I worship Teach me how to love
