And the pain falls like a curtain 
On the things I once called certain 
And I have to say the words I fear the most 
I just don’t know 

And the questions without answers 
Come and paralyze the dancer 
So I stand here on the stage afraid to move 
Afraid to fall, oh, but fall I must 
On this truth that my life has been formed from the dust 

God is God and I am not 
I can only see a part of the picture He’s painting 
God is God and I am man 
So I’ll never understand it all 
For only God is God 

And the sky begins to thunder 
And I’m filled with awe and wonder 
‘Til the only burning question that remains 
Is who am I 

Can I form a single mountain 
Take the stars in hand and count them 
Can I even take a breath without God giving it to me 
He is first and last before all that has been 
Beyond all that will pass 

Oh, how great are the riches of His wisdom and knowledge 
How unsearchable for to Him and through Him and from Him
are all things 

So let us worship before the throne 
Of the One who is worthy of worship alone 
		


		Written by Steven Curtis Chapman ©2001 Sparrow Song / Peach Hill Songs / BMI / Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing

		

Behind the Song:
"The song sums up best what I’ve been going through the last few years. ‘God is God and I am not.’
That says where I’ve been. That’s the declaration that I’ve come away with having to make about
some of the pain as well as the great incredible things I’ve experienced. God is the one in control of
all of this, it’s not me. It’s like a curtain falls over everything that I once felt I knew for sure. Pain
has a way of doing that in our lives. Especially when we walk through seasons when we don’t
understand what’s going on. It’s like this big covering falls over everything we know. When that’s
gone what do I have to hold on to? I say in the lyric, ‘I have to say the words I fear the most - I just
don’t know.’ It’s not something I like to say. With this song I felt like that’s what I had to say and
acknowledge. In doing so there is a real freedom that comes in that to say ‘I don’t have to know.’
The reality is I’m a lot worse off than I think anyway. I need a Savior. I need a God who can rescue
me so I don’t have to know." - Steven Curtis Chapman

(Rom. 11: 33-36; Psalm 8: 3-4; 95: 3-6; 103: 13–22)