(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I was an orphan
Defined by mistakes
Thought I was forsaken
That You gave up the chase
I went to the reaches
To try and ease the ache
Turned my back on the One
Who kept calling my name
You kept calling
Didn’t matter where I was at
You just kept calling me back
Back to the table
Back to my home
Back to my Father who never lost hope
For the first time in ages
I know what to do
With my arms wide open I’m running to back to You
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I’m running to back to You
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Now I have been rescued
My soul is remade
But even the ransomed
Can fall on their face
When I’m drowning in questions
When I’ve lost the path
Your love is the answer
You’re calling me back
Back to the table
Back to my home
Back to my Father who never lets go
Whatever I’m facing
I know what to do
With my arms wide open I’m running to back to you
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I’m running to back to You
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
It doesn’t matter all the times where I’ve been in over my head
I’m never too far gone where Your arms cannot pull me back again
I’m never been so lost where Your love could not fill my emptiness
I’m never too far gone where Your arms cannot pull me back again
Back to the table
Back to my home
Back to my Father who never lets go
Whatever I’m facing
I know what to do
With my arms wide open I’m running to back to you
Back to the table
Back to my home
Back to my Father who never lost hope
For the first time in ages
I know what to do
With my arms wide open I’m running to back to you
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I’m running to back to You
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I’m running to back to You
(Oh-oh-oh-oh) Oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m running back to You
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I’m running to back to You
Songwriters: Seph Schlueter and Jacob Sooter
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Music by Seph Schlueter performing “Running Back To You” (Music Video). (C) 2024 Provident Label Group LLC, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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Running Back To You
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Oct 21, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
The song opens with a stark self-portrait: someone who felt like an orphan, defined by mistakes and convinced God had abandoned the pursuit. That ache drives the narrator to "the reaches" to numb it, turning away from the voice that kept calling. The chorus answers that distance with a homecoming image — the table, the house, the Father who never lost hope — and a posture of arms thrown wide open in a run back toward love. What keeps the song from being a simple before-and-after testimony is the second verse, which admits that even the rescued and remade can fall flat and drown in unanswered questions. The bridge pushes the assurance further, insisting no one is so far gone that God's arms can't pull them back, no emptiness so wide that love can't fill it. The repeated return to the table turns the whole thing into a loop rather than a one-time rescue — a picture of grace that keeps reeling a wandering heart home, and a resolve to keep running back.
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