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Up + Up
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Sep 30, 2026 updated
Up + Up - Single album
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Song Meaning
Colton Dixon opens with a direct nod to Psalm 23:4 — "even though I walk through the valley... sometimes it feels like a crawl through the valley" — before turning the psalm's trust into a personal refrain: "I got a promise that I hold on tight to, I can't lose when I'm right beside You."
"God I know the plans You have for me" lifts Jeremiah 29:11 nearly word for word — "I know the thoughts that I think toward you... thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future." "If I get down, You pick me up from the ground... giving no conditions" keeps the song's whole structure built around repetition rather than escalation — "up and up again" said so many times it becomes less a description of feeling and more a decision repeated until it holds.
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Even though I walk through the valley
Sometimes it feels like a crawl through the valley
But I got a promise that I hold on tight to
I can't lose when I'm right beside You
Yeah, God I know the plans You have for me
When my cup is overflowing
So while I'm in the between I'ma live my life knowing
If I get down, You pick me up from the ground
You give me love that don't give out
Giving no conditions, You lift me up and up again
Now, no matter who surrounds
I'll let my hallelujah get loud like a freight train
Sunshine all day, I'll lift You up and up again
(Up and up again)
Ask me how I know You're gonna do it (He did it)
Every time a blessing's coming to me (You're in it)
The devil tried to make me turn away (Forget it!)
Even on my worst day, yeah
If I get down, You pick me up from the ground
You give me love that don't give out
Giving no conditions, You lift me up and up again
Now, (Hey), no matter who surrounds
I'll let my hallelujah get loud like a freight train
Sunshine all day, I'll lift You up and up again
Up and up again, I'll lift You up and up again
Yeah I know the plans You have for me (Have for me)
So while I'm in the between I'ma live my life knowing
If I get down, You pick me up from the ground (Hey!)
You give me love that don't give out
Giving no conditions, You lift me up and up again (Woo-ooh)
(Now!), No matter who surrounds
I'll let my hallelujah get loud like a freight train
Sunshine all day, I'll lift You up and up again
Up and up again, I'll lift You up and up again
Ask me how I know You're gonna do it
Every time a blessing's coming to me
Yeah, woah, I'll lift You up and up again