What If
Song Meaning
Rachael Lampa turns a familiar fear into a different kind of question in "What If" — instead of asking what if her faith were wrong, she asks "what if it's true, You were always this good, we just misunderstood You?" The doubt in the song isn't about God's existence, but about whether God has been misjudged all along.
"What if there was never anything I could do to earn or lose any love from You" restates grace in the form of a question rather than a settled doctrine, and "what if everything I ever learned to believe was only a dim reflection of the brilliance of Your love" admits that even sincere belief might have undersold what it was describing.
"What if I who I am is who You want, is who You love, and that's enough" closes the song on the most direct version of the question yet — not what God requires, but whether the person asking is already, simply, wanted.
What if everything I have ever believed
Was only a drop in the ocean
Only half the equation
What if everything I ever wanted to be
Had nothing to do with doing
There's nothing You need proven
What if there was
Never anything I could do
To earn or lose any love from You
What if it's true
You were always this good
We just misunderstood You
What if everything I ever learned to believe
Was only a dim reflection of
The brilliance of Your love
What if I believed after everything
That I deserved Your affection
I am worth Your attention
What if there was
Never anything I could do
To earn or lose any love from You (Lose any love from You)
What if it's true
You were always this good
We just misunderstood You
What if I who I am
Is who You want
Is who You love
And that's enough
What if I who I am
Is who You want
Is who You love
That's enough
Oh, what if there was
Never anything I could do
To earn or lose any love from You
What if it's true
That You were always this good
We just misunderstood You