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Graves Into Gardens

By Phil Wickham

1,739 views Jul 4, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Phil Wickham's song 'Nothing Better' celebrates the sufficiency of God's love over worldly pursuits. The lyrics contrast the emptiness of human praise and fading treasures with the satisfaction found in God's love. The singer expresses vulnerability, acknowledging that God sees all failures and still calls him friend. The chorus declares that God is present in both mountaintop and valley experiences. References to turning mourning into dancing, beauty for ashes, graves into gardens, and seas into highways echo biblical themes of transformation and redemption. The song emphasizes that only God can bring such profound change and restoration.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

I searched the world

But it couldn?t fill me

Man?s empty praise

and treasures that fade

Are never enough


Then You came along

And put me back together

And every desire is now satisfied

Here in Your love


Oh there?s nothing better than You

There?s nothing better than You

Lord there?s nothing, nothing is better

than You


I?m not afraid

To show You my weakness

My failures and flaws

Lord You?ve seen them all

And You still call me friend


?Cause the God of the mountain

Is the God of the valley

There?s not a place

Your mercy and grace

Won?t find me again


You turn mourning to dancing

You give beauty for ashes

You turn shame into glory

You?re the only one who can


You turn graves into gardens

You turn bones into armies

You turn seas into highways

You?re the only one who can

You?re the only one who can


You?re the only one who can

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