Lyrics
Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord, I just don't care"
But you've got the love I need to see me through
Sometimes it seems the going is just too rough
And things go wrong no matter what I do
Now and then it feels like life is just too much
But you've got the love I need to see me through
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Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord, I just don't care"
But you've got the love I need to see me through
...
Time after time I say: "Oh Lord, what's the use"
Time after time I say: "This just won't do"
But sooner or later in life the things you love you lose
Just like before I call on you...
You got the love...
Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord, I just don't care"
But you've got the love I need to see me through
...
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Meaning & Inspiration
The song gives voice to exhaustion, frustration, and the fear of losing what matters, yet it repeatedly returns to confidence in sustaining love. Its speaker admits moments of wanting to give up and describes circumstances that remain difficult despite every effort. Against that instability stands a dependable source of help, addressed as Lord, whose love supplies the strength needed to continue.
This movement from distress to reliance is consistent with biblical prayers that bring honest trouble before God. The assurance of help recalls the psalmist naming God as refuge and present aid, while the confidence that divine love remains available reflects the security described in Romans. Repetition makes dependence the central response: hardship may recur, treasured things may be lost, and personal resolve may fail, but the song continues to call on the Lord. Its hope rests less in changed circumstances than in love sufficient to carry a struggling person through them.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 46:1 The psalm describes God as a refuge and present help in trouble.
- Romans 8:38-39 Paul teaches that nothing can separate believers from the love of God.
- Psalm 55:22 The psalm calls the burdened to rely on the Lord for sustaining help.