This songs means to means that being closer to Jesus is better that being closer to anyone else. There's time I feel faraway from God and when I pray, I asked him to make me feel his presence, or to make me feel close to him. So I hear this song, I sing it to God it is the same thing as if I was talking to God. I love to be close to God, whne I am in God Holy Presence, I forgot about all my problems. Thanks to Jesus for he deserved to be praised.