Lyrics
Verse 1 (Repeat)
God loves me
Adores me
Watches over me
You are for me
Grace loves me and it's not what I desire
And nothing that I've earned
But daily grace saves me
Chorus
Ooh, but for Your grace
Ooh, but for Your grace
Ooh, but for Your grace
I'd be lost, but for Your grace
Verse 1 (Repeat)
Chorus (Variant)
Ooh, but for Your love (Repeat x3)
I'd be lost, but for Your love (Repeat x2)
I'd be lost, but for Your grace (Repeat x2)
Vamp
Grace, it saves me
Grace, it raises me
Grace, it keeps me
Grace, I am clothed in it
Grace, I am mighty grateful (Repeat)
Grace, I don't desire it but it's my all in all
Grace, I am mighty grateful (Repeat)
Grace, it belongs to me (Repeat)
Grace, Your grace is saving
Grace, and it keeps going every day
Grace, the grace of the Lord
Grace, it's unmerited favor
Grace, unmerited favor
Grace, it's my all in all
Grace, somebody praise Him for grace
Grace, we give You glory for grace
Grace, it's been keeping me every day
Outro (Repeat x3)
I'd be lost, but for Your grace
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Grace" opens with a simple list of relational claims, being loved, adored, watched over, before shifting to describe grace itself as something neither desired in advance nor earned through effort. That distinction, grace given rather than requested or deserved, frames the entire song's central theological claim.
Its chorus repeats a single conditional confession, being lost apart from that grace, treating rescue as entirely dependent on something received rather than achieved. A later section lists specific effects attributed to grace directly, saving, raising, keeping, clothing, describing it as "unmerited favor" that continues working daily rather than a single completed transaction.
Rooted in contemporary gospel worship's repetitive, declarative style, the song functions as an extended meditation on grace's sufficiency, its repeated confession of being lost without it treating gratitude, rather than achievement, as the appropriate response to a gift never actually earned.
Related Scripture
- Ephesians 2:8-9 Describes salvation as a gift of grace not earned by works, directly echoed in the song's description of grace as unmerited favor.
- Titus 2:11 Describes the grace of God that brings salvation, echoed in the song's description of daily grace that saves.