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Who?
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Sep 5, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
This song wrestles with the sheer impossibility of containing or defining a God who is both fearsome and tender, using playful, unexpected comparisons like the sag in a fat man's chair and the burn of aftershave. The verses pose rhetorical questions about how we reckon with a deity so vast, while the chorus lands on a decisive answer: Jesus. The lyrics reject any attempt to lead, tame, or invent a God of our own design, insisting that Christ alone is the final revelation of who God truly is. The bridge sharpens this point by acknowledging that fabricating a God would only result in worshipping a Christ of our own making, but Jesus doesn't fit that profile—His ways aren't ours. There's a confident, almost defiant tone in declaring that we can't contain the divine, yet we can know it fully in Jesus. The song ultimately celebrates the mystery of God while anchoring faith in the concrete person of Christ, who is both beyond our control and exactly who we need Him to be.
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How you gonna reckon with a God like this?
When you gonna face what you can't dismiss?
Whatcha gonna say to the soul kiss that is my God?
Fearsome like the sag in a fat man's chair?
Sweeter than a patch of Rogaine hair?
How do you define what you can't compare?
This is my God
And there's no use explaining
What can't be contained
I'm not following a God I can lead around
I can't tame this deity
That's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be yeah
How you gonna reckon with a God this great?
Why you wanna measure what you can't equate?
Whatcha gonna say to the check mate that is my God
Stronger than the burn of an aftershave?
Tender as a burger in your microwave
Rarer than the air in an empty grave
This is my God
And there's no use explaining
What can't be contained
I'm not following a God I can lead around
I can't tame this deity
That's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be yeah
How we gonna work this out?
To fabricate a God like this no doubt
We'd end up worshipping a Christ of our own design
But Jesus doesn't fit that profile
His ways aren't mine
I'm not following a God that's imagined
Can't invent this deity
That's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be
I'm not following a God I can lead around
I can't tame this deity
That's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my God to be yeah
I'm not following a God I can lead around
I can't tame this deity
That's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be yeah
He's who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be