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What Life Would Be Like
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Sep 23, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Big Daddy Weave imagines a specific, concrete outcome rather than a vague spiritual improvement in "What Life Would Be Like" — "he made the lame walk, and the dumb talk, and he opened blinded eyes to see... I wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus live through you and me." The miracles named are physical and historical, not metaphorical.
"I wish I was more of a man... after all I've done and failed to do, I feel like less than I was meant to be" admits real inadequacy honestly, and "it's when I'm at my weakest I can clearly see" locates the actual turning point at the low point rather than after recovering from it.
"All our hearts they burn within us" borrows the language of the disciples on the road to Emmaus directly, and "let us lay our lives before the One who gave His life for us" closes the bridge by naming the actual exchange the whole song has been building toward.
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I wish I was more of a man.
Have you ever felt that way?
And if I had to tell you the truth,
I'm afraid I'd have to say
That after all I've done and failed to do
I feel like less than I was meant to be.
And what if I could fix myself?
Maybe then I could get free.
I could try to be somebody else
Who's much better off than me.
But I need to remember this
That its when I'm at my weakest I can clearly see
[CHORUS]
He made the lame walk, and the dumb talk
And He opened blinded eyes to see
That the sun rises on His time,
yet He knows our deepest desperate need.
And the world waits, while His heart aches,
To realize the dream.
I wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus live through you and me....Yeah.
What if you could see yourself
through another pair of eyes?
And what if you could hear the truth,
instead of old familiar lies?
And what if you could feel inside
The power of the Hand that made the universe
You'd realize.....
[CHORUS]
He made the lame walk, and the dumb talk
And He opened blinded eyes to see
That the sun rises on His time,
yet He knows our deepest desperate need.
And the world waits, while His heart aches,
To realize the dream.
I wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus live through you and me....Yeah.
[BRIDGE]
All our hearts they burn within us.
All our lives we've longed for more.
So let us lay our lives before
The One who gave His life for us.
[CHORUS]
He made the lame walk, and the dumb talk
And He opened blinded eyes to see
That the sun rises on His time,
yet He knows our deepest desperate need.
And the world waits, while His heart aches,
To realize the dream.
I wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus live through you and me....Yeah.
Let Him live through you and me...yeah.