[Verse 1]
When the runners came from Bethlehem
All breathless with good news
They were passing a baton forward through time
The commission, from God's lips to our ears
Carried by His saints two thousand years
Connects us all to the same lifeline
As I fix my eyes ahead
I can feel the Spirit's breath

[Chorus]
And I can hear the mission bell ringing out loud and clear
It's the revolution Jesus started, and it's here
Echoing across the world from the shores of Galilee
I can hear the mission bell call for you and me

[Post-Chorus]
I wanna run with fire
It's my heart's desire
Lifting Your love higher

[Verse 2]
In the history of our faith's arrivals
Great awakenings, Welsh revivals
Saints and martyrs, summoned by a new birth
Patrick's save of the Irish nation
William Carey's expectation
Lambs & lions, called to the ends of the earth
Gotta put my hand to the plow
Not looking back, not now
Oh, oh
[Chorus]
I can hear the mission bell ringing out loud and clear
It's the revolution Jesus started, and it's here
Echoing across the world from the shores of Galilee
I can hear the mission bell call for you and me

[Post-Chorus]
I wanna run with fire
It's my heart's desire
Lifting Your love higher
It's my heart's desire

[Chorus]
I can hear the mission bell ringing out loud and clear
It's the revolution Jesus started, and it's here
Echoing across the world from the shores of Galilee
I can hear the mission bell call for you and me
I can hear the mission bell ringing out loud and clear
It's the revolution Jesus started, and it's here

[Post-Chorus]
I wanna run with fire
It's my heart's desire
Lifting Your love higher
It's my heart's desire