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Jonathan David & Melissa Helser - I Can't Get Away Lyrics

I Can't Get Away Lyrics

Verse 1: Melissa Helser
Oh where, where can I run
Where can I hide
That You're not there?
And You, You know 'my 'heart
All of my 'thoughts
You understand

Pre-Chorus: Melissa Helser
I can't outrun Your love, 'I can't outrun Your love
I can't outrun Your love, I can't outrun Your love

Chorus: Melissa Helser
You love me when I'm up
You love me when I'm down
Your love, it surrounds me
I can't get away
You love me when I'm lost
You love me till I'm found
Your love, it surrounds me
I can't get away

Verse 2: Naomi Raine & Melissa Helser
Oh You, You see my mess
All my mistakes
And You love me still
And though, though I may waver
I am convinced
That You never change

Pre-Chorus: Melissa Helser & Naomi Raine
I can't outrun Your love, I can't outrun Your love
I can't outrun Your love, I can't outrun Your love

Chorus: Melissa Helser & Naomi Raine
You love me when I'm up
You love me when I'm down
Your love, it surrounds me
I can't get away
You love me when I'm lost
You love me till I'm found
Your love, it surrounds me
I can't get away

Post-Chorus: Melissa Helser, Naomi Raine
I can't get away (Oh, I can't get away)
I can't run away (Oh)

Bridge: Naomi Raine
I've been to the bottom, I've been to the top
I can't run away, Your love will never stop
With me in the morning, in the dead of night
You're not leaving, oh
I've been to the bottom, I've been to the top
I can't run away, Your love will never stop
With me in the morning, in the dead of night
You're not leaving, I've been
I've been to the bottom, I've been to the top
Oh, I can't run away, Your love will never stop
With me in the morning, in the dead of night
You're not leaving, oh
So I'm not leaving
No, You're not leaving
So I'm not leaving, no

Chorus: Melissa Helser, Naomi Raine
(You love me) You love me when I'm up
(You love me) You love me when I'm down
(Your love surrounds me) Your love, it surrounds me
(I can't get away) I can't get away
(You love me) You love me when I'm lost
(O God, You love me) You love me till I'm found
(Your love surrounds me) Your love, it surrounds me
(I can't get away) I can't get away

Post-Chorus: Naomi Raine, Melissa Helser
I can't get away, oh
I can't get away (I can't get away)
Nothing I can do, no
I can't get away (I can't get away)
Oh, I can't get away (I can't get away), oh

Bridge: Naomi Raine
I've been to the bottom, I've been to the top
I can't run away, Your love will never stop
With me in the morning, in the dead of night
You're not leaving
I've been to the bottom, I've been to the top
I can't run away, Your love will never stop
With me in the morning, in the dead of night
You're not leaving

Spontaneous: Melissa Helser, Naomi Raine
I could run to the highest high, You're there
If I go down to the lowest low, You're there (Yeah, You're there)
Everywhere I go, I find You
Everywhere I run (Yeah), You're there, God
Everywhere I go, I find You
And everywhere I run, You're there
(You're there) I can't outrun You
(You're there) I can't outrun You
('Cause You're there) I can't outrun You
(You're there) I can't outrun You

Spontaneous: Naomi Raine
Every time I turn around You're still there
Oh, You're still there
Oh, how grateful I am
Oh, how grateful I am
That You love me in the middle of my mess
You still love me, You still love me, oh

Refrain: Noami Raine
And nothing catches You off guard
Nothing catches You by surprise
Nothing catches You off guard
Nothing catches You by surprise
Nothing catches You off guard
Nothing catches You by surprise
Nothing catches You off guard, oh
You're still there (Nothing catches You off guard)
You're still there (Nothing catches You by surprise)
You're still there, ha (Nothing catches You off guard)
You never leave, You never run out on me, no
'Cause nothing catches You off guard
And nothing catches You by surprise, no
Nothing catches You off (Guard)
Nothing catches You by surprise
Oh, nothing catches You off guard (Nothing catches You off guard)
Nothing catches You by surprise (Nothing catches You by surprise)
Nothing catches You off guard (Nothing catches You off guard)

Post-Refrain: Naomi Raine
I can't get away, I can't get away
I can't get away, I can't get away
I can't get away (I can't get away)
I can't get away (I can't get away)
Everywhere I go is Your presence
Everywhere I go is Your presence
I can't get away
Everywhere I look, there's Your presence
I can't get away
What a wonderful Jesus
What a wonderful Jesus
What a wonderful Father
I can't get away
Everywhere I look is Your presence
Everywhere I turn is Your glory
Everywhere I look is Your goodness
Oh, I can't get away
I can't get away

Refrain: Naomi Raine
Nothing catches You by surprise
Nothing catches You off guard
Oh, nothing catches You by sur- (Surprise)
Nothing catches You off guard, hey (Nothing catches You off guard)
Nothing catches You by surprise (Nothing catches You by surprise)
Nothing catches You off guard (Nothing catches You off guard)

Outro: Naomi Raine
Oh, I can't get away, no
You don't change
We're holding onto Your hand, Your unchanging hand
We're holding onto Your hand, Your unchanging hand
It's Your unchanging hand
Holding onto Your unchanging hand


I Can’t Get Away & Downpour - Melissa Helser, feat. Naomi Raine (Live)

I Can't Get Away Song Meaning, Biblical Reference and Inspiration

"I Can't Get Away," performed by Jonathan David & Melissa Helser featuring Naomi Raine, is a moving worship anthem released on February 11, 2022, as part of a live recording. The song delves deeply into the profound truth of God's omnipresent and unconditional love. It opens with a series of rhetorical questions, pondering where one could possibly go to escape God's reach, acknowledging His intimate knowledge of one's heart and thoughts. This quickly leads to a declaration that running away from this persistent love is simply impossible.

The central message is powerfully conveyed through the recurring idea that God's love remains constant regardless of one's circumstances or emotional state. The song emphasizes being loved when one is experiencing highs and lows, and when feeling lost until found. This unwavering love is depicted as a surrounding presence, an embrace from which there is no escape. The lyrics address human frailty directly, acknowledging personal messes and mistakes, yet affirming that even in these states, God's love persists and remains unchanging, contrasting with human inconsistency.

The theme of inescapable presence is further explored by illustrating the extremes of human experience – the lowest lows and the highest highs – and the consistent presence of God throughout it all. It speaks to His presence in every moment, from morning light to the dead of night, and the assurance that He will never leave. Dynamic, spontaneous sections underscore this truth, proclaiming that God is found everywhere one goes, from the highest heights to the lowest depths, reiterating the inability to outrun His presence.

Additional lyrical moments highlight God's complete awareness and timeless nature, stating that nothing takes Him by surprise or catches Him off guard. This provides a comforting assurance of His sovereignty and steadfastness. The song culminates in a declaration that everywhere one looks, there is God's presence, glory, and goodness, reinforcing the title's meaning not as a feeling of being trapped, but as an overwhelming embrace of divine love from which there is no desire or ability to flee. It speaks to holding onto God's unchanging hand, a anchor in life's fluctuations.
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