Lyrics
Chorus
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
Chorus (Repeat x3)
Bridge
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
You are my only desire
I just want you, I just want you
As the deer pants for the waters
I just want you, I just want you
So my soul longs for you
Take me, I'm yours, Take me, I'm yours
I just want you, I just want you
Outro
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
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Just Want You - So Take Everything" repeats a single act of surrender rather than developing a narrative, offering everything the singer has to God and insisting none of it is wanted or needed in comparison to God Himself. That repetition functions less as literal renunciation of possessions and more as a way of stating priority, that nothing else matters as much as this one relationship. The bridge shifts from that general offering to a specific vocabulary of surrender, repeating "take me, I'm yours" and naming God as the singer's only desire rather than one desire among several. A direct quotation of a well-known psalm, comparing longing for God to a deer panting for water, ties that personal declaration to an established biblical image of deep spiritual thirst. Structurally the song relies almost entirely on repetition of its two central phrases, take everything and I just want you, letting that repetition itself enact the simplicity of the desire being expressed rather than explaining it further.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 42:1 Compares longing for God to a deer panting for water, directly quoted in the bridge.
- Philippians 3:8 Counts everything as loss compared to knowing Christ, matching the song's repeated offer to give up everything.
- Psalm 73:25 States there is nothing on earth desired besides God, matching the lyric "you are my only desire."