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Grateful
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Sep 14, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
The confession "I could have been dead and gone, but You decided to save me" echoes Psalm 118:17 — "I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD" — a verse written from the position of someone who nearly didn't survive. The extended vamp of "thank you, Jesus" repeated dozens of times reflects 1 Thessalonians 5:18's instruction to "give thanks in all circumstances," treating gratitude as a discipline to be repeated rather than a single sentence. "You made old death behave" personifies death as something brought under control, close to 1 Corinthians 15:54-55's "death is swallowed up in victory... where, O death, is your sting?" The song is structured loosely around a live recording, with spoken testimony breaking up the sung sections rather than a fixed verse-chorus form.
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I'm grateful
For Lord
Lord, I'm truly grateful
Lord, I'm grateful, I'm grateful
You put food on my table
God knows I'm grateful
You put shoes on my feet, yes it is
Oh, I'm grateful
You could've left me outdoors
Oh, I'm grateful
I tell you, it should have been me
It should have been me
It could have been me, but I'm grateful
Oh, I'm grateful, oh truly grateful
I got another witness tonight
Come in, Dave Hollister
I don't know where to start, Jesus
God I could have been dead and gone
But you saw different
You decided, you decided to save me, save me, save me
Oh and I’m grateful
Oh and I’m grateful, yeah
I could been down and out, but you saved me Lord
Oh, I love you Lord from my heart, I wanna say thank you, Jesus
Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus
Uh, thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus
Woah, woah, woah, I love you, Lord
From my heart, I love you
From the bottom of my heart, I love you
All my days I'm gonna serve you, Lord
Yeah, wherever you want me to go, Jesus
I'm gonna go, mmh I'm gonna go, mmh
I'm gonna go, mmh I'm gonna go, yeah
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Whatever you tell me to say, I'm gon' say
I'm gon' say, I'm gon' say
I'm gon' say, I'm gon' say, I'm gon' say
I'll only move when you tell me to move, Jesus
And I thank you for delivering me
For settin' me free, for washing me clean
For loving me, Lord
Flowing from my heart
Are the issues of my heart
'Cause your gratefulness is
Come on y'all give Dave a hand everybody and thank the Lord
Thank you, Jesus
Thank you, Jesus
You're gonna start this back up again
'Cause I do have one more witness
Come here, Rubinstein
And that all will shine
Grateful I am, I am
Lord, I'm so grateful
I'm so grateful
I should have been dead
Sleeping, I, I, I, in my grave I, I
You made old death behave
I'm grateful
Yes, I got so much
To thank the Lord for
I pray so much
I'm truly grateful
So grateful
So grateful
So grateful
Are you grateful for what the Lord has done
Why don't you give Him glory
Why don't you give Him glory
Why don't you give Him glory, glory, glory
I'm so grateful
Yes, sir, come on, somebody praise Him right now