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Anyway

By Benjamin William Hastings

1,527 views Sep 26, 2026 updated Benjamin William Hastings (And Then Some) album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Benjamin William Hastings opens with a line that could be a mission statement for the whole song: trusting God's intentions "even through my question marks." Faith here isn't the absence of confusion, it's a decision made in spite of it — leaning on the fact that God has "been God for a while" rather than waiting for every answer to arrive first.

The chorus refuses to let circumstance dictate worship. "Highlight, heartbreak," blue sky or pouring rain — Hastings insists none of it changes the verdict: "I'm gonna praise You anyway." The second verse pushes further, picturing "the devil's had time" to try and shake the plan, and finding it hasn't worked.

That posture echoes Habakkuk's declaration that even if the fig tree fails to blossom, he will still rejoice in the Lord, and Job's raw commitment to trust even in suffering. The closing lines land on surrender rather than resignation — "I won't doubt the plan, cause that's not my place" — trading the need to understand for the choice to keep singing.

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I will trust in Your intentions

Even through my question marks

So I don’t need to know the answers

Because I know the one who does

You’ve been God for a while

So the wisdom of time

Says You always know best

So whatever befalls

Whatever You want

Your will is worth the test

When it’s yes, or no, or wait

I’m gonna praise You anyway

I’m gonna praise You anyway

Highlight, heartbreak

I’m gonna praise You anyway

I’m gonna praise You anyway

When the sky is blue

When it pours with rain

In the promise and the pain

Oh to me it’s all the same

I’m gonna praise You anyway

I’m gonna praise You anyway

I will trust in Your intentions

Even through my question marks

So I don’t need to know the answers

Cause I know that I know the one who does

You’ve been God for a while

So the devil’s had time

But still can’t shake Your plans

So whatever befalls

Whatever You want

Your will is worth the test

When it’s yes, or no, or wait

I’m gonna praise You anyway

I’m gonna praise You anyway

Highlight, heartbreak

I’m gonna praise You anyway

I’m gonna praise You anyway

When the sky is blue

When it falls with rain

In the promise and the pain

Oh to me it’s all the same

I’m gonna praise You anyway

I’m gonna praise You anyway

Cause Your heart is for me

And it always will be

I won’t doubt the plan

Cause that’s not my place

I just take my song, praise You anyways

Cause Your always worthy

And You always will be

I won’t doubt the plan

Cause that’s not my place

I just take my song, praise You anyways

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