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Perfect People
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Sep 14, 2026 updated
Relentless album
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Song Meaning
Natalie Grant names the performance most people are stuck putting on — "never let 'em see you when you're breaking," a "crooked smile" covering whatever's underneath, a routine she admits "only lasts for a little while." The verse doesn't just describe the exhaustion; it diagnoses where it comes from.
Her chorus interrupts that performance with a flat denial of its premise: "there's no such thing as perfect people, there's no such thing as a perfect life." Grant doesn't ask anyone to fix themselves before showing up — "come as you are, broken and scared" — and she's specific about who does the changing: "a perfect God," not the person pretending to be one.
Paul's summary in Romans 3:23, that all have sinned and fallen short, removes any real competition for who qualifies as perfect, and Romans 5:8 locates God's love before any improvement was made. Grant's repeated closing line, "be changed by a perfect God," puts the work back where it actually belongs.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team
Never let 'em see you when you're breaking
Never let 'em see you when you fall
That's how we live and that's how we try
Tell the world you've got it all together
Never let them see what's underneath
Cover it up with a crooked smile
But it only lasts for a little while
[CHORUS:]
There's no such thing as perfect people
There's no such thing as a perfect life
So come as you are, broken and scared
Lift up your heart and be amazed
And be changed by a perfect God
Suddenly it's like a weight is lifted
When you hear the words that you are loved
He knows where you are and where you've been
And you never have to go there again
[CHORUS]
Who lived and died to give new life
To heal our imperfections
So look up and see out let grace be enough
[CHORUS]
By a perfect God [5x]
Be changed by a perfect God
Be changed