Lyrics
Intro (Repeat)
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, I'm grateful!
Verse (Repeat)
I'm grateful, for all of the
Things You've done, done for me.
You've been faithful and merciful;
For my sins You forgave me.
Hallelujah, I will sing to You;
All the glory, I will give to You.
I could never praise You enough.
Bridge
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, I'm grateful (Repeat)
You've been good (Repeat)
Faithful, You've been to me
A healer, You've been to me
Hallelujah (Repeat)
You've been good (Repeat)
Hallelujah (Repeat)
I'm grateful (Repeat x4)
So grateful (Repeat x4)
Hallelujah (Repeat)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Grateful" builds its entire structure around a single word repeated with increasing intensity, gratitude expressed for things done rather than left as an abstract feeling. Its verse names the specific basis for that gratitude directly, faithfulness, mercy, and forgiveness of sin, avoiding vague thanksgiving in favor of a stated reason.
The line "I could never praise You enough" admits a kind of insufficiency, acknowledging that gratitude offered will always fall short of what has actually been given. That admission, rather than discouraging further praise, seems to drive the song's extended repetition, as though continued singing were an attempt to approach a debt too large to fully repay.
Rooted in contemporary gospel choir call-and-response tradition, the song functions as an extended outpouring of thanksgiving, its bridge naming God specifically as faithful and healer before repeating the title word until gratitude itself becomes the song's entire content.
Related Scripture
- 1 John 1:9 Describes God as faithful to forgive sin, echoed in the song's description of being forgiven through God's faithfulness and mercy.
- Psalm 103:3 Describes God as one who forgives sin and heals disease, echoed in the song's naming of God as healer.