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I Do Not Belong

By Kutless

623 views Sep 14, 2026 updated To Know That You're Alive album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Kutless opens with disorientation rather than certainty — "things changed and I don't know why," feeling far away from everything familiar even while trusting there's more than what's currently visible. The verse doesn't resolve the confusion quickly; it lets it sit before the chorus offers any clarity.

That chorus is a flat refusal to settle for the world as it currently is: "I do not belong in a world of broken pieces, I was meant to be in the arms of Your redemption." Kutless names their actual citizenship directly — "this world is not my home, I'm a stranger in this land" — without treating that displacement as loneliness, since "I am not alone."

The author of Hebrews describes believers as "strangers and pilgrims on the earth" in Hebrews 11:13, and Paul writes in Philippians 3:20 that "our conversation is in heaven," citizenship elsewhere even while still walking through this world. Kutless's repeated title turns not fitting in from an insult into a compass, pointing toward the place they were actually made for.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Verse 1]

I look around and I feel like, thing's changed and I don't know why

And everyday that passes by I feel so far away

I can see in the distance, You have the rest of me

I put my trust in you, as I look beyond today

It's all becoming clear.


[Chorus]

I do not belong in a world of broken pieces

I was meant to be in the arms of Your redemption

I am moving on to the place of Your perfection

Cause I do not belong


[Verse 2]

When the world is behind me on the day that I breathe my last

In the face of enternity there's hope cause' I believe

When I look to the heavens and the future that you hold

It makes it easier to see beyond today

Now I'm looking to the sky


[Chorus]

I do not belong in a world of broken pieces

I was meant to be in the arms of Your redemption

I am moving on to the place of Your perfection

Cause I do not belong


[Verse 3]

This world is not my home

I'm a stranger in this land

But I am not alone

When I do not belong:


[Chorus]

I do not belong in a world of broken pieces

I was meant to be in the arms of Your redemption

I am moving on to the place of Your perfection

Cause I do not belong

No, I do not belong

I do not belong

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