its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Lavishly our lives are wasted
Humbleness is left untasted
You can't live your life to please yourself, yeah
That's a tip from my mistakes
Exactly what it doesn't take
To win you've got to come in last place
To live your life you've got to lose it
And all the losers get a crown
CHORUS:
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down
All I need's another day
Where I can't seem to get away
From the many things that drag me down
I'm sure you've had a day like me
Where nothing seems to set you free
From the burdens you can't carry all alone
In your weakness He is stronger
In your darkness He shines through
When you're crying He's your comfort
When you're all alone He's carrying you
CHORUS:
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down
This valley is so deep
I can barely see the sun
I cry out for mercy, Lord
You lift me up again
CHORUS:
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down
Humbleness is left untasted
You can't live your life to please yourself, yeah
That's a tip from my mistakes
Exactly what it doesn't take
To win you've got to come in last place
To live your life you've got to lose it
And all the losers get a crown
CHORUS:
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down
All I need's another day
Where I can't seem to get away
From the many things that drag me down
I'm sure you've had a day like me
Where nothing seems to set you free
From the burdens you can't carry all alone
In your weakness He is stronger
In your darkness He shines through
When you're crying He's your comfort
When you're all alone He's carrying you
CHORUS:
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down
This valley is so deep
I can barely see the sun
I cry out for mercy, Lord
You lift me up again
CHORUS:
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down
Lyrics submitted by Cecil4029, edited by ClockworkOctopus
Get Down Lyrics as written by Mick Cripps Kelly Nickels
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This song is about when your depressed in your life, you always have the lord there to "lift you up" and help you get through the tough times
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Part of it is about depression (verse 2), but also a big part of it (verse 1) is about humbling yourself and not being greedy/selfish, as in "the first shall be last and the last shall be first". Great song.
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@loveisleeping0630 Oh man yes! Dancing to this is great!
The chorus means, i think, god lifts us up, the guy gets down again etc, or it could mean humbiling himself by getting down and waiting for god to lift you up again.
I see the whole God lifting us up thing, but is the focus on us messing up, or God lifting us up? It seems to be more focus on us messing up...
Well, the lyrics are the ones to "Big House," but I sent the actual ones.
I think a lot of this song is about humbling yourself (Humbleness Is Left Untasted) and knowing that however far you fall, God will always accept and help you back up.