Lyrics
Verse 1
Now I'm nowhere close to a perfect man
And it takes a supernatural love to even understand
That beyond the walls behind, the mask and confident smile,
Was a broken man trying to grow up and make life worthwhile,
Chorus
And I know there were times that you probably shouldn't,
But I thank you for always loving me
And I know anyone else they probably wouldn't,
So I thank you for always loving me
Verse 2
Now I know there were days I looked at myself,
I felt like less of a person compared to everyone else,
What about this flaw too big to small, can I exchange?
And trying to make up for where I fell short, I let sense slip away
Chorus (Repeat)
And when I look in the mirror and don't like what I see
Oh, I just thank you for always loving me.
And I know I get bad but you wait patiently
I just want to thank you for always loving me.
Refrain (Repeat)
Lord I just thank you for always loving me
Vamp (Repeat x3)
So you just keep loving me (loving me)
Bridge
Though I know I don't have everything
That it takes you keep lovin' me (loving me)
And regardless of every mistake that I make, you keep (loving me)
And it probably don't matter what I do or say, you keep (loving me)
And even with the pimples on my face, you keep (loving me)
Refrain (Repeat)
So you just keep loving me
Lord I thank you for loving me (lovin' me)
Lord I thank you for loving me (lovin' me)
This little imperfect man
Lord I thank you for always lovin' me!
Verse 3
And when my friends walked away,
Lord I want to thank you for loving me
When my own family wrote me off, Lord I thank you for lovin' me
And when I can't even love myself, Lord I thank you for just lovin' me
Oh, in spite of me, Lord you keep lovin' me
Lord I thank you for always loving me
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Always Loving Me" opens with blunt self-assessment, naming distance from perfection and admitting that understanding such love requires something beyond ordinary human capacity. That early honesty, confessed brokenness rather than presented confidence, frames the entire song around love received despite genuine flaw rather than deserved reward.
Its chorus repeats gratitude for love that, by the singer's own admission, probably should not have continued and that no one else likely would have offered. A later verse names specific sources of rejection, friends who walked away, family who wrote the singer off, contrasting each abandonment with God's continued, unchanged love.
Rooted in contemporary gospel's confessional testimony style, the song functions as an extended thanksgiving for love that persists through documented failure and rejection, its closing verse naming even self-rejection as something God's love overcomes, repeating gratitude as the song's single, sustained response to love that simply keeps on loving.
Related Scripture
- Romans 5:8 Describes God demonstrating love while people were still sinners, directly echoed in the song's gratitude for love that continues despite failure.
- Lamentations 3:22-23 Describes God's mercies as new every morning, echoed in the song's description of patient, continuing love.