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More Yours
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Sep 9, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
In 'More Yours,' Jason Gray captures the honest struggle of surrendering to God, acknowledging that we often say we'll give our lives to Him only to take them back. The song's narrator admits this cycle with raw vulnerability—'How many times have I said...?'—yet finds comfort in God's patience. Through a gradual release, 'little by little,' the lyrics express a growing trust that loosens the grip on control and leads back into God's open arms. The chorus becomes a determined prayer, offering life repeatedly and even asking for heartbreak if that's what it takes to become more like Christ. The imagery of falling 'deeper into You' reframes failure as an opportunity to draw closer, while the recurring theme of second chances highlights God's relentless grace. This is a worshipful confession that transformation is a process, not a one-time event, and that each small step of surrender brings us nearer to the God who is making us new.
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How many times have I said "You can have my life"?
How many times have I said "You can have it all"?
Just to take it back another time
But You're patient as I'm learning to let go
Little by little, bit by bit
Your Love helps me to loosen my grip
And run into Your open arms again
I'm gonna give You my life, my life
As many times does it takes, it takes
And if my heart has to break, to break
Do whatever You need to make
To make me more Yours
I wanna be more Yours, more
I wanna be more Yours
Here I am with my heart once again
Here's another piece that I was holding back
As I'm trying to surrender all I am
Little by little, little bit more
I'm closer now, than I was before
As the God of second chances calls my name
I'm gonna give You my life, my life
As many times does it takes, it takes
And if my heart has to break, to break
Do whatever You need to make
To make me more Yours
I wanna be more Yours, more
I wanna be more Yours, more Yours
So I will run to The Love that's making me new
And if I fall, let me fall deeper into You
I'm gonna give You my life, my life
As many times does it takes, it takes
And if my heart has to break, to break
Do whatever You need to make
I'm gonna give You my life, my life
As many times does it takes, it takes
And if my heart has to break, to break
Do whatever You need to make
To make me more Yours
I wanna be more Yours, more
I wanna be more Yours
I wanna be more Yours, more
I wanna be more Yours