No God Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When you tell me what's on your mind
I don't know how you sleep at night, mmm
Why do you have to be in control? Yeah
When you're wrong, baby, let it go

[Pre-Chorus]
Just because it's your opinion doesn't make it right
I say it 'cause I care for you
I'm trying to be there
Wanna meet you halfway, baby, you just wanna fight
I say it 'cause I care for you
I say it 'cause I care

[Chorus]
You're no god (No), you're no leader (No)
You're no saint (No), you're no teacher (No)
You're no god (Ain't nobody wanna hear your voice)
No god (When nobody's tryna save you, save you)
You're no god (Give up), no leader (Wake up)
You're no saint (Shut up), you're no teacher (That's enough now)
You're no god (Ain't nobody wanna hear your voice)
You're no god (When nobody's tryna save you, save you)

[Verse 2]
You so openly use your voice
They're your words, baby, it's your choice (Baby, it's your choice)
Are you really so scared to lose?
Baby, what are you trying to prove?
[Chorus]
You're no god (Give up), you're no teacher (Wake up)
You're no saint (Shut up), no leader (That's enough now)
You're no god (Ain't nobody wanna hear your voice)
You're no god (When nobody's tryna save you, save you)
You're no god (Give up), you're no teacher (Wake up)
You're no saint (Shut up), you're no leader (That's enough now)
You're no god (Ain't nobody wanna hear your voice)
You're no god (When nobody's tryna save you, save you)

[Bridge]
No, I'm never gonna change your mind
Try and see it from the other side
Somewhere between wrong or right, mmm
I know you're tryna heal the world
You're only tryna prove your worth
Oh, baby, just watch your word

[Chorus]
You're no god, you're no teacher (No, no, no, no, no)
You're no saint, you're no leader (No, no, no, no, no)
You're no god (No, no, no, no, no)
You're no god (You are no god)
You're no god, you're no teacher (No, no, no, no, no)
You're no saint, you're no leader (No, no, no, no, no)
You're no god (No, no, no, no, no)
You're no god (You are no god)
[Outro]
You could get hot right now
You are no god
Might be on top right now
But you are no god (No god)
You could get hot right now (So hot, baby)
But you are no god (No god)
Might be on top right now
But you are no god (No god)

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About

Genius Annotation

This is the second song on Sam Smith’s Gloria album released 27th January 2023. It has a rhythmic, mid-tempo beat and jazz influences.

The lyric is sad, but far from the passive heartbreak songs of the past. This Sam isn’t prepared to be overruled by an opinionated boyfriend. The essence is that the two aren’t compatible.

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What did Sam Smith say about "No God"?
Verified Commentary
Sam Smith
via Apple Music
Genius Answer

This comes from a personal story about someone in my life who I’ve lost to drastic opinions. But as me, [songwriters and producers] Jimmy [Napes] and Stargate were writing it, it became a rhetoric on a certain type of person with a god complex. It’s about the ignoring of a human being and allowing someone’s drastic politics to get in the way of caring for someone else. The magic of this song came from the production: the live playing, the backing vocals. We just picked away at it until it sounded perfect. To me, it sounds super expensive.

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