Lyrics
Verse 1
Where can I go from your spirit
How far from your presence could I run
When I try to hide You will find me
The darkness is to You as the sun
Pre-Chorus
You are my fortress, My friend
You are faithful, faithful to the end
You're my deliverer, when I call
You've been with me
With me through it all
Chorus
Can't nobody love me like you
You keep on giving me life
Can't nobody love me like you
You keep on giving me life
Verse 2
In my mothers womb You formed me
How mighty are the works of Your hands
You wrote every page in this story
My steps You've ordered far in advance
Bridge
Your steadfast goodness
Your loving kindness
I am reminded
That it's so much better
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Can't Nobody" opens by closely paraphrasing a well-known psalm, asking where one could possibly go to escape God's spirit before answering that even darkness offers no real hiding place. That borrowed question-and-answer structure grounds the song's confidence in an established, ancient meditation on God's inescapable presence.
Its pre-chorus names specific roles, fortress, friend, deliverer, tying each title to continued faithfulness through every circumstance rather than occasional intervention. A second verse extends that same psalm's imagery further, describing formation in the womb and steps ordered in advance, treating personal existence itself as evidence of intentional, careful authorship.
Rooted in contemporary worship's declarative anthem tradition, the song functions as an extended meditation on being fully known and continually loved, its closing bridge naming steadfast goodness and loving kindness as the reason this love surpasses any comparison, closing the song's central claim that no other love could match what has already been shown.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 139:7-8 Asks where one could flee from God's presence, directly echoed in the song's opening verse.
- Psalm 139:13-16 Describes being formed in the womb with days ordained in advance, directly echoed in the song's second verse.