Lyrics
Intro / Vamp
Dance like David
(If you're free!)
Dance like David
Can you contain it?
Can you contain it?
Bridge
I can't contain it
God, I feel so free, it's amazing
I don't care who thinks that I'm crazy
There is liberty when I praise You
(If you know it, sing along with me, say)
I can't contain it
God, I feel so free, it's amazing
I don't care who thinks that I'm crazy
There is liberty when I praise You
I can't contain it
(Yeah, I can't contain it)
God, I feel so free, it's amazing
I don't care who thinks that I'm crazy
There is liberty when I praise You
I can't contain it
(I can't contain it)
God, I feel so free, it's amazing
I don't care who thinks that I'm crazy
There is liberty when I praise You
Chant / Vamp
Huh! Dance like David
Huh! Dance like David
Dance like David, huh!
Dance like David, huh!
(If you're free!)
Dance like David, huh!
Dance like David, huh!
Dance like David, huh!
Dance like David, huh!
Dance like David
Dance like—when you get in front of God
Dance like—when you get in front of God
Dance like—when you get in front of God
Dance like—when you get in front of God
Dance like David
Dance like David
Dance like David
Yeah!
Dance like David
Dance like David
Dance like David
Dance like David
Dance like David
Dance like David
Dance like David
Dance like David
Bridge Reprise
(I can't contain it, yeah)
I can't contain it!
God, I feel so free, it's amazing
I don't care who thinks that I'm crazy
There is liberty when I praise You
I can't contain it
(Yeah, I can't contain it)
God, I feel so free, it's amazing
I don't care who thinks that I'm crazy
There is liberty when I praise You
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Dance Like David turns uninhibited praise into its central declaration. The repeated command to dance recalls David’s celebration before the Lord, while the bridge describes freedom that overcomes embarrassment and concern about public opinion. Praise is physical, joyful, and openly directed toward God. The recurring language of being unable to contain that joy gives the song the character of a congregational chant, with short phrases designed to be answered and repeated together.
The biblical connection is especially clear in David’s dancing as the ark entered Jerusalem. His worship was vigorous and unconcerned with royal dignity, matching the song’s refusal to be restrained by accusations of looking foolish. The lines about liberty in praise also align with New Testament language connecting the Spirit of the Lord with freedom, though the song applies that freedom specifically to worship. Its limited lyric range is purposeful: repetition sustains a single scene of celebration in which gratitude, movement, and communal participation become an offering of praise to God.
Related Scripture
- 2 Samuel 6:14 David dances before the Lord with all his might as the ark is brought to Jerusalem.
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 Paul states that where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
- Psalm 150:4 The psalm calls for praising God with tambourine and dancing.