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But God

By Brandon Lake

550 views Sep 14, 2026 updated King Of Hearts album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Brandon Lake spends his verses cataloguing exactly where he'd still be without interruption — "caught up in religion," "high in my addiction," "sick with no physician," a doctor's diagnosis calling it finished. Each line ends the same way: "but God," two words doing all the work of reversing the sentence before it.

His chorus turns personal history into direct challenge: "who else can say, 'kill me on Friday, rise on Sunday'?" Lake doesn't just celebrate his own rescue — he dares anyone to name a rival claim, insisting "nobody but God... deserves that name."

Paul writes in Ephesians 2:4-5 that "God, who is rich in mercy... even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ," the exact turn Lake keeps repeating, and 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 taunts death itself for losing its sting. Lake's closing testimony — "he lifted me, lifted me out" — treats his own life as evidence for an argument bigger than himself.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Verse 1]

Those two words

Got so much power

But God

Hey, hey

Yeah, yeah


[Verse 2]

I would still be caught up in religion

Tryna get to Heaven on ambition

I was pullin' overtime in prison, sending prayers up

When nobody else would listen (But God)

I would still be high in my addiction

I would still be dying for a livin'

I would still be sick with no physician 'bout to give up

Doctor told me, "It was finished" (But God)


[Chorus]

Pulled me out of that grave

Broke me out of those chains

Who else can say

"Kill me on Friday, rise on Sunday"?


[Chorus]

Nobody, nobody but God

Can bear this weight

Can take a lease out on the grave

Nobody (Oooh)

Nobody but God

Deserves that name

So who else you gonna praise but God?


[Verse 3]

Man, I think the Devil is a mailman

Serving papers like I'm late up on my payment

Ain't nobody tell him, "It's already paid, man, I'm already saved, man,"

Thought he had a claim (But God)

Bet death thought he had Him on a Friday

Soft serve, he forgot about Sunday

So sweet that He cavitied the grave

Got the tombstone engraved

And the only thing it said (But God)


[Chorus]

Pulled me out of that grave

Broke me out of those chains

Who else can say

"Kill me on Friday, rise on Sunday"?


[Chorus]

Nobody (Nobody)

Nobody but God

Can bear this weight

Can take a lease out on the grave

Nobody (Nobody)

Nobody but God

Deserves that name

So who else you gonna praise but God?


[Verse 4]

He lifted me, lifted me out

He lifted me, lifted me out

He lifted me, lifted me out

Look where I'm standing, look where I'm standing now

He lifted me, lifted me out

Oh, He lifted me, lifted me out

He lifted me, lifted me out

Look where I'm standing, look where I'm standin' now


[Chorus]

Nobody (Nobody)

Nobody but God

Can bear this weight, yeah-eah

Can take a lease out on the grave

Nobody (Nobody)

Nobody but God

Deserves that name

So who else you gonna praise but God?


[Verse 5]

Hey!

Hey!

Nobody

Oh, no, no, nobody, no

So who else you gonna praise but God?

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