Lyrics
So take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, God
Won't you take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, God
I just want you
I just want you
I just want you
I just want you
We just want you
We just want you
We just want you
We just want you
(So) take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, god
Take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, God
I just want you (I just want you)
I just want you
I just want you
I just want you
We just want you (we just want)
We just want you
We just want you
We just want you
So take everything, Lord
Take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, God
Take everything, Lord
Take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, God
I just want you (I just want you)
Just want you
Just want you
Just want you
We just want you
We just want you
Just want you
Just want you
Just want you
So take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, God
Take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, God
repeat
Let's surrender now
Take me I'm yours
Take me, I'm yours
Take me, I'm yours
I just want you
Take me, I'm yours
Take me, I'm yours
I just want you
I just want you
Take me, I'm yours
Take me, I'm yours
I just want you
I just want you
Take me, I'm yours
Take me, I'm yours
I just want you
I just want you repeat
Take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, God
Take everything
I don't want it
I don't need it, God
I don't want it
I don't need it
repeat
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Just Want You” is a direct prayer of surrender that places God above possessions, preferences, and self-rule. The recurring request to take everything is paired with the confession that nothing else is needed, giving the song a deliberately narrow focus. Its repeated desire for God is not presented as one item among many, but as the central longing around which every other attachment must be reordered. The later words, “Take me, I’m yours,” deepen that surrender from releasing things to offering the whole person.
The lyric’s language closely reflects Romans 12:1, where believers are called to offer themselves to God as living sacrifices. Its exclusive desire for God also recalls Psalm 73:25, which places longing for God above anything else in heaven or on earth. Through repetition, the song turns a short confession into persistent prayer. The result is worship centered on availability, dependence, and belonging: everything may be yielded because God Himself is treated as sufficient.
Related Scripture
- Romans 12:1 Paul calls believers to offer their whole selves to God as living sacrifices.
- Psalm 73:25 The psalmist declares that nothing in heaven or on earth is desired above God.