Cover art for You Don’t Need a God by Dido

You Don’t Need a God

Mar. 8, 20191 viewer5.6K views

You Don’t Need a God Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I can hear the music
Just a few notes from a passing car
And it can take me
With heart opening speed
To somewhere not here
I'm held stock still by a sight of something
Nothing much to see, but enough to catch me

[Pre-Chorus]
And send me absolutely elsewhere
And take me absolutely right here

[Chorus]
You don’t need a god
To pray out here
You don't need a god
To stay out here
You don't need a thing
But what we have right here

[Verse 2]
It can be one word
Or the smallest thing that only I see
It hits like lightning
And it changed the way I feel
[Pre-Chorus]
And sends me absolutely elsewhere
And holds me absolutely right here

[Chorus]
You don’t need a god
To pray out here
You don't need a god
To stay out here
You don't need a thing
But what we have right here
You don't need a god
To pray out here
You don't need a god
To stay out here
You don't need a thing
But what we have right here
Right here
Right here

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Recorded At
RAK Studios
Release Date
March 8, 2019
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