[Verse 1]
You have searched me
You know me
You have searched me and you know me
Every inch, every part
You know when I sit down
And you know what's in my heart
You can hear me think a thought
From a thousand miles away
You know the road I'm walking
And you know the bed where I lay
Before I even say
You already know the word
And you know the things I never say
The ones nobody heard
You're behind me and before me
And your hand is on my head
I can't understand a love like this
So I just live in it instead
[Pre-Chorus]
It's too high for me to climb
And it's too deep for me to see
So I'm not going to try to hold it
I'm going to let it hold me
[Chorus]
Where could I go that you wouldn't be too?
Where could I run to get away from you?
If I go all the way up, you're there
If I go all the way down, you're there
You're there, you're there, everywhere I go
You're already there
[Verse 2]
You have searched me, know me
And you stayed
If I flew out with the sunrise
To the far side of the sea
Even out there your hand
Would still be reaching after me
If I made my bed at the bottom of the deep
You'd already be down there
Watching over me asleep
And if I said, "Let the darkness come and cover me tonight"
Even then the dark around me
Would be turning into light
'Cause the dark is not dark to you
The night is not the night
And the shadow and the sunshine
Look the same inside your sight
[Chorus]
Where could I go that you wouldn't be too?
Where could I run to get away from you?
If I go all the way up, you're there
If I go all the way down, you're there
You're there, you're there, everywhere I go
You're already there
[Bridge]
You have searched me, know me
And you stayed
You made every single part of me
And knew me from the start
You put me together in my mother
You were building up my heart
I'm not an accident
And I'm not a big mistake
You made me how you wanted me
And for that I celebrate
You saw me when I wasn't finished
When I wasn't yet complete
And you loved me all the same
Before my heart began to beat
And you wrote down all my days
Inside a book before I had one
Every day that I would live
Was written down before I lived one
[Chorus]
How many times a day do you think of me?
I can't count
More than all the sand on every beach
And that's the whole amount
I fall asleep, I wake back up
And you are still right there
Still the same, still holding on
Still everywhere
So look inside me, God
And know my heart and know my mind
And if there's something wrong with me
Then show me and be kind
Take me on the road that never ends
The road that's always true
Lead me in the way that lasts forever
Lead me back to you
[Chorus]
Where could I go that you wouldn't be too?
Where could I run to get away from you?
If I go all the way up, you're there
If I go all the way down, you're there
You're there, you're there, everywhere I go
You're already there
[Outro]
You have searched me, know me
And you stayed
Oh, look through me
Know me
Lead me home
You're there, you're there
I was never on my own
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Psalm 139
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Oct 30, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
A close paraphrase of Psalm 139 runs through this worship track, turning the psalm's meditation on God's exhaustive knowledge of a person into a repeated question: where could anyone go to escape a presence that is already waiting there? The first verse lingers on being searched and known down to the smallest detail — sitting down, lying down, a thought heard from far off, words spoken before they are formed. The pre-chorus admits the love is too high to climb and too deep to see, so the singer stops trying to grip it and lets it hold them instead. Verse two carries the psalm's flight imagery to the far side of the sea and the bottom of the deep, insisting that even chosen darkness turns to light in God's sight. The bridge shifts to being made and known before birth, celebrating that the singer is no accident and that every day was written down before one was lived. The final chorus turns the psalm's closing plea into a request to be examined, corrected gently, and led on the road that lasts.
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