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Crazy

By MercyMe

726 views Sep 14, 2026 updated Spoken For album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

MercyMe opens by admitting how their choices must look from the outside — hoping for an ending most people fear, "pointing to another man" for answers, trusting promises no one can see. "Isn't that crazy," they repeat, not as a rhetorical dodge but as an honest description of how it reads to everyone else.

Rather than defend the choice as reasonable, they lean into it: "I have not been called to the wisdom of this world, but to a God who's calling out to me." MercyMe names exactly what they're willing to stake that reputation on — "filthy rags made clean," glorying "in my Savior's suffering" instead of anything more respectable.

Paul calls the message of the cross "foolishness" to those who don't believe it in 1 Corinthians 1:18, and Isaiah describes even the best human righteousness as "filthy rags" in Isaiah 64:6, the exact phrase MercyMe borrows. Their closing dare — "call me crazy" — accepts the label rather than arguing it away.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Verse 1]

Why I would I spend my life longing for the day that it would end..

Why would I spend my time pointing to another man..

Isn't that crazy


[Verse 2]

How can I find hope in dying, with promises unseen..

How can I learn your way is better

In everything I'm taught to be..

Isn't that crazy


[Verse 3]

I have not been called to the wisdom of this world..

But to a God who's calling out to me..

And even though the world may think

I'm losing touch with reality

It would be crazy

To choose this world over eternity


[Verse 4]

And if I boast let me boast

Of filthy rags made clean

And if I glory let me glory

In my Savior's suffering

Isn't that crazy


[Verse 5]

And as I live this daily life

I trust you for everything

And I will only take a step

When I feel You leading me

Isn't that crazy


[Verse 6]

I have not been called to the wisdom of this world..

But to a God who is calling out to me..

And even though the world my think

I'm losing touch with reality

It would be crazy

To choose this world over eternity


[Chorus]

Call me crazy

You can call me crazy

Call me crazy


[Verse 7]

I have not been called to the wisdom of this world..

But to a God who is calling out to me..

And even though the world may think that

I'm losing touch with reality

It would be crazy, It would be crazy, It would be crazy

To choose this world over eternity


[Chorus]

Isn't That crazy..

Call me crazy

You can call me crazy

Call me crazy

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