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House Of The Lord
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Oct 30, 2026 updated
Worship & Justice album
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Song Meaning
Spoken testimony comes before any melody here. "Two years / That's how long it's been," the recording begins, counting the time since the congregation could gather like this. The psalm line arrives next, "When they said unto me / Let us go / Into the house of the Lord," and the joke about showing up "with a mask over my nose" keeps the mood warm and specific to the season it was recorded in.
Call and response carries the rest. The hook is two plain words, "So good," pushed back at the crowd again and again. Between rounds comes the weightiest part: a bishop who was told to expect ICU and life support, who was "struggling to breathe," and who can now say "I stand here tonight, I didn't die." The line "COVID tried but it couldn't kill me" draws the loudest invitation to join in.
It ends on "I felt God responding, say it again," so the goodness being praised is something the room claims to have felt, not an abstract doctrine. Psalm 122:1 supplies the gladness, Psalm 118:17 the survivor's vow, and Psalm 34:8 the plain claim that the Lord is good.
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Two years
That's how long it's been
We haven't been able to gather like this y'all for
Two years
That's how long it's been
But I'm so glad like David said
When they said unto me
Let us go
Into the house of the Lord
And even if I gotta show up with a mask over my nose
God's been so good
Somebody throw your hands up and just say that
So good
Somebody say bishop, they told me you was in ICU
They told me you was on life support
I was struggling to breathe but
I stand here tonight, I didn't die
So good
Is there anybody else in the building
Say COVID tried but it couldn't kill me
One more time, so
So good
Whoa, woo
I felt God responding, say it again
So good