Released 16th June 2023
Credits
- Joel Caws: Lyrics & Music, Lead Vocal
- Seth Thomas: Production
- Kria McKenzie: Backing Vocals
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Lyrics
Verse 1:
All the gods I served before
I’ve laid them at Your door
I’m helpless without You
All the former things
My fruitless strugglings
Just searching for the truth
Looking back down that old road
A heart of stone so cold
Distracted from Your love
Now I want my life’s reflection
To have a clear direction
With purpose and with truth
Chorus:
I will put no other before You
I will have no other beside You
You’re my One and only
You’re my One and only
With my eyes fixed on Jesus
I will run to Your presence
You’re my One and only
You’re my One and only
Verse 2:
With all my imperfections
You showed me Your affection
You love me as I am
Where You lead I follow
You wiped away my sorrow
To walk with You in love
So I bow before Your throne
To serve you and You alone
Loving Father and my friend
And now I lift my eyes
To see the King exalted high
There’s no-one else like You
Bridge:
You are the One who gives me life
You are the One who gives me breath
You’re my One and only (x6)
Chorus
Behind the song
During 2022, I had been feeling a little distant from God and had been asking God why. God spoke to me through several words at that time about pursing His heart more fervently and drawing closer to Him. I devoted myself to spending more time with Him, to get up earlier each day and choose to spend those first moments of each day meditating on His word.
I was inspired to write several new songs during this time including ‘My One and Only’. The song echoes the commandment in Exodus 20, and in a number of other places throughout the Old Testament, to serve no others Gods but the one true God. It also is a faith statement to the fact we all struggle with the ‘god of self’ and that its a daily commitment to lay down our own selfish nature and to pick up again the nature of Christ, to serve Him and Him alone.