[Verse 1]
I see you, I need you, but I don't know your name
I touch you, say I love you, but that's all you get for today
It's easy, so easy, to tell you it's gon be okay
When I don't walk shoes, haven't been through what you been through
Instead I push you away
Sunday everyone looks like you
But if our lives are cold inside tell me what's the use
If I say I love Jesus, but you can't see my Jesus
My words are empty, if they can't see Jesus in me
No more excuses, I give myself away
Because I may be the only Jesus they see
Too busy, forgive me, I've got problems of my own
It's easier to say your help is on the way
But I was your help all along
We're shouting, we're dancing, but can the world see a change
Am I just too selfish to see, the love they need You put inside of me
If we say we love Jesus, but they can't see our Jesus
Tell me what's the use if they can't see Jesus in you and me
No more excuses, we give it all away
Because we may be the only Jesus they see
If I am Your hands and Your feet, and if Your church is built inside of me
Where did we go wrong, we been here too long, we can't see Your face anymore
It's not the same anymore
Have mercy on us Jesus, please forgive us Jesus
I lost my purpose, if they can't see You in me
See I lied too long, and I change it all today
Because I may be, because I may be
The only Jesus they see, the only Jesus they see, the only Jesus they see
The Last Jesus
Song Meaning
Kirk Franklin turns a piece of common Christian language into an accusation in "The Last Jesus," repeating a phrase usually meant as encouragement until it starts to sting: "I may be the only Jesus they see." The song builds its case through specific failures rather than general confession — "I see you, I need you, but I don't know your name... instead I push you away."
"If I say I love Jesus, but you can't see my Jesus, my words are empty" makes the standard explicit: claimed faith without visible effect doesn't meet the bar the song is setting. "It's easier to say your help is on the way, but I was your help all along" catches a specific kind of religious deflection, passing off a responsibility that was already the singer's to carry.
"Where did we go wrong, we been here too long, we can't see Your face anymore" moves the accusation from individual failure to something closer to institutional drift, and the closing "have mercy on us Jesus, please forgive us Jesus" keeps the song's ending as confession rather than resolution.