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But Wait
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Sep 22, 2026 updated
Mental Help album
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Song Meaning
Josh Wilson builds a long list of specific, unflattering categories before offering any relief in "But Wait" — "for the alcoholics and the secret keepers, for the anxious, depressed, and barely still believers, for the pastor with a hidden sin, the parents with the wayward kids." The list refuses to generalize; each line names a distinct kind of struggling person rather than one broad category of "sinner."
"The promises we make become the promises we break" states the pattern plainly after the whole list has built up its weight, and the singer includes himself directly — "we wonder if God's grace is big enough for my mistakes" — rather than speaking only about other people's failures.
"But wait, but wait, but wait, Romans 8, there is no condemnation, there is no condemnation, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" interrupts the entire list at once, repeating the verse three times as if to make sure it actually lands after everything just named.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team
This is for those of you who feel like a house divided
For those who, like me, can be so double-minded
For the defeated and the doubters
For the losers and left-outers
For the alcoholics and the secret keepers
For the anxious, depressed, and barely still believers
For the pastor with a hidden sin
The parents with the wayward kids
The ones with broken marriages
Who wonder, is this all there is?
For those of us who run the race
But we wonder if God's grace
Is big enough for my mistakes
This is for the legalistic upright, who actually think you're alright
For the regretters of what you did last night
After you swore you'd stop visiting that website
You see, the promises we make become the promises we break
But wait
But wait
But wait
Romans 8
There is no condemnation
There is no condemnation
There is no condemnation
For those who are in Christ Jesus