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Matthew West
Matthew West


Background information
Birth name Matthew Joseph West
Born April 25, 1977
Origin Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Genre(s) Contemporary Christian music
Pop Rock
Adult Contemporary
Indie Pop
Years active 1997—present
Label(s) Sparrow Records
Universal South Records
Website Website



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Matthew West Album


Happy (12/26/2003)
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Take a look at the mountain
Stretching a mile high
Take a look at the ocean
Far as your eye can see
And think of me

Take a look at the desert
Do you feel like a grain of sand?
I am with you wherever
Where you go is where I am
And I'm always thinking of you
Take a look around you
I'm spelling it out one by one

I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine and you shine for me too
I love you
Yesterday
And today
And tomorrow
I'll say it again and again
I love you more

Just a face in the city
Just a tear on a crowded street
But you are one in a million
And you belong to me
And I want you to know
I'm not letting go
Even when you come undone

I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine and you shine for me too
I love you
Yesterday
And today
And tomorrow
I'll say it again and again
I love you more
I love you more

Shine for me
Shine for me
Shine on, shine on
Shine for me

I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine and you shine for me too
I love you
Yesterday
And today
And tomorrow
I'll say it again and again
I love you more


. . .



Three o'clock
Tripping down the sidewalk
Looking like a fool with a pocket full of questions
I was living in the worry
Moving in a hurry
In the wrong direction
But then
Suddenly it hit me
Doesn't really matter 'cause I got you with me
I think I don't have to be so
Down, down, down, down, down

I should be happy
I should be happy
I should be living up these days
Just like I know who runs this place
Now that you found me
I should be happy

Three thirty
Got a little dirty
Fear stuck its foot out and I tripped on the same lie
That voice screaming into my head
Pushing me to play dead
Saying "don't you even try"
But how can I claime to be free
When I carry more chains the world when they see me?
I don't wanna be the fool who stays
Down, down, down, down down

I should be happy
I should be happy
I should be living up these days
Just like I know who runs this place
Now that you found me
I should be happy

Now I'm not talking 'bout a smile so fake
While the world takes pictures 24/7
I just want my faith to be a little more real
What you see is what you get
What you see is how I feel

I should be happy
I should be happy
I should be living up these days
Just like I know who runs this place
Now that you found me
I should be happy


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This rock is tied around my ankle
This thorn is buried in my skin
I wonder why I have to struggle
But then again
If I wasn't drowning I wouldn't need you to save me
If I wasn't broken I wouldn't need you to heal me
You keep me broken

Don't let this river get lost in the ocean
Don't let this rock take me down, down, down
My heart is standing at the edge of the world
I need you
To help me make the turnaround

So many puzzles with no answers
So many questions with no peace
So many second guesses
But then again I guess
If I wasn't drowning I wouldn't need you to save me
If I wasn't broken I wouldn't need you to heal me
Oh Lord I'm drowning

Don't let this river get lost in the ocean
Don't let this rock take me down, down, down
My heart is standing at the edge of the world
I need you
To help me make the turnaround

I need you
I know I need you


. . .



This world is making me dizzy
I can't seem to keep it from spinning
This life is screaming so low now
I can't escape from this crowd now
It's like I'm climbing
Up on the shoulder
In a room full of strangers
And then everybody walks away

Fly high
Jump and touch the sky
High, bring me back to life
I know you're there when
I can't hear you
Down now
At the speed of sound now
When I touch the ground now
You'll be there when I can't hear you

I am a classic case of dysfunction
I talk and talk and still I say nothing
Am I the voice of my generation?
Is everybody having the same conversation?
We're all climbing
Up on the sohulders
In a room full of strangers
When we should be reaching for you

Fly high
Jump and touch the sky
High, bring me back to life
I know you're there when
I can't hear you
Down now
At the speed of sound now
When I touch the ground now
You'll be there when I can't hear you

Do you ever get the feeling that you're not alone
No matter who you are
No matter where you go?

We're all climbing
Up on the shoulders
In a room full of strangers

We're reaching

Fly high
Jump and touch the sky
High, bring me back to life
I know you're there when
I can't hear you
Down now
At the speed of sound now
When I touch the ground now
You'll be there when I can't hear you


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I saw your sky fall down today
Suddenly turn from blue to gray
'Til one by one the raindrops
Turned to tears upon your face
Wish there was something I could
Wish I could wease the pain from you
But I've never felt so helpless
It's like you're drowning right in front of me
And I'm reaching out but you can't see
There's something holding on to you so tight
So I guess this is all I'll say to you tonight

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting
Where I've always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you
I'm where I've always been
Right by your side
Right by your side

If the whole wide world is on your back
If the strength you need is the strength you lack
If you're in a crowd but all alone
If you can't stay here but you can't go home
If you can't answer all the why's
'Cause you're too tired to reach that high
I want you to remember

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting
Where I've always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you
I'm where I've always been
Right by your side
Right by your side

If the whole wide world is on your back
If the strength you need is the strength you lack
If you're in a crowd but all alone
If you can't stay here but you can't go home
If you can't answer all the why's
'Cause you're too tired to reach that high
I want you to
I need you to remember

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting
Where I've always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you
I'm where I've always been
Right by your side
Right by your side


. . .



It was raining when I woke up this morning
So to escape I...went back to bed
But then the rain started leaking through the ceiling
And pretty soon it was pouring on my head

Sometimes it follows you home
Like an old stray dog
It won't leave you alone

It's not the end
The end of the world
It's just another day
Depending on grace
It's not the end
The end of the world
It's just another day
Don't sleep it all away

So I jumped into my car and hit the freeway
Found a sunny spot so I could work on my tan
But just as soon as I stepped one foot in the ocean
From out of nowhere it came pouring down again

Sometimes it rains
All over your parade
It's like you're reaching for the sun,
And you're landing in the shade

It's not the end
The end of the world
It's just another day
Depending on grace
It's not the end
The end of the world
It's just another day
Don't sleep it all away

Well the moral of the story is
Sometimes life takes so much more than it gives
But the one who makes the air I breathe
Is the one who'll fix the ceiling when it starts to leak
It may look like the end but it's only the beginning

It's not the end
The end of the world
It's just another day
Depending on grace
It's not the end
The end of the world
It's just another day
Don't sleep it all away


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There you go changing my plans again
There you go shifting my sands again
For reasons I don't understand again
Lately I don't have a clue

Just when I start liking what I see
There you go changing my scenery
I never know where you're taking me
But I'm trying just to follow you

It's out of my hands
It's out of my reach
It's over my head
And it's out of my league
There's too many things
That I don't understand
So it's into your will
And it's out of my hands

There you go healing these scars again
Showing me right where you are again
I'm helpless, and that's where I start again
I'm giving it all up to you

It's out of my hands
It's out of my reach
It's over my head
And it's out of my league
There's too many things
That I don't understand
So it's into your will
And it's out of my hands

Move me, make me
Choose me, change me
Send me, shake me
Find me, remind me
The past is behind me
Take it all away
Take it all from me, I pray

It's out of my hands
It's out of my reach
It's over my head
And it's out of my league
There's too many things
That I don't understand
So it's into your will
And it's out of my hands


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Everybody's doing it
Everybody's going out tonight
All your friends are feeling it
Whatever it is that makes you feel all right
Everybody knows
That anything goes
Everything you want is just across the line
Step into the flow,
Go all the way tonight

Don't believe the lie
Don't buy in
To what they sell you
It'll only make you cry
I've been there
And I'm here to tell you
What you got inside your soul
Deep down you know
The truth won't hide
Don't believe the lie

Here comes the morning sun
Shining down on what you've done
And all you feel is empty
And you don't know why it felt like so much fun
Here comes that voice again
Acting like your friend
With a whisper in your ear
"You fell too far this time"

Don't believe the lie
Don't buy in
To what they sell you
It'll only make you cry
I've been there
And I'm here to tell you
What you got inside your soul
Deep down you know
The truth won't hide
Don't believe the lie

Like a thief it will come to steal and kill and destroy
But you don't have to let it take your joy
Anymore

Oh no
You were meant for so much more than this
You were meant for so much more than this
I promise this
I promise this
You were meant for so much more
So don't give in
No don't give in
When you stand your ground you won't stand alone

Don't believe the lie
Don't buy in
To what they sell you
It'll only make you cry
I've been there
And I'm here to tell you
What you got inside your soul
Deep down you know
The truth won't hide
Don't believe the lie


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I don't know what I would do without you
But I don't wanna think about that now
I can't imagine how I lived without you
But I don't have to think about that now
'Cause you're here
And I'm right here with you
And the world as I see it
Is suddenly changing
(suddenly changing)

I don't wanna let this moment fade away
I wanna soak up every single second
In your presence
I just wanna fall in love along the way
I wanna soak up every single second
In your presence

I don't like the way I was before you
But I don't wanna think about that now
Here I lay my yesterday before you
And I don't have to think about that now
'Cause you're here
And I'm right here with you
And the world as I see it
Is suddenly changing

I don't wanna let this moment fade away
I wanna soak up every single second
In your presence
I just wanna fall in love along the way
I wanna soak up every single second
In your presence

Now every second matters
Now every counts
And every day is one more day Lord I can't live without
Without you

I just wanna fall in love along the way
I wanna soak up every single second
In your presence
I don't wanna let this moment fade away
I wanna soak up every single second
In your presence
I just wanna fall in love along the way
I wanna soak up every single second
In your presence
Yeah

Now every second matters
Now every second matters
Now every second matters
Now every second counts

I just wanna stay
Where you are
And I just wanna live
Where you are
And I don't wanna leave
Where you are


. . .



The king of contradictions
Strikes again
You said the last to cross the finish line
Will win
And the beggars will be millionaires someday
And the humble ones are gonna have their say
Well all my friends are gone now
And all my money's gone now
And all my pride is gone now
And if what you say is true now

This will be my finest hour
This will be my finest hour

Well everything is opposite down here
The strong survive and the rest just
Disappear
But your philosophy is more unique
You say I'll be stronger
When I'm weak

This will be my finest hour
This will be my finest hour

It's two a.m. and sleepless
I'm wide awake and restless
I don't know know what my deal is
I've never felt so helpless
No-o-o
I need you
More than ever
Well I don't understand it
I don't think I'll ever comprehend it
It's so hard to conceive it
So I guess I'll just believe it

This will be my finest hour
This will be my finest hour


. . .



I've been catching up on daydreams
I've been lost all afternoon
I've been imagining a future
In a world of only You
A world of only You

When the curtain falls down on me
I will be free
I will be free
When the curtain falls down on me
I believe
I will be free
Free

I get so stuck here in the shadows
Where it's hard to escape this gravity
This life is heavy now but I know,
Yes I know
That someday
Gravity's gonna lose its grip on me

When the curtain falls down on me
I will be free
I will be free
When the curtain falls down on me
See I believe
I will be free
Free to fly away
I'm free to fly away

Well the show's not over, but I know how it ends
(I know how it ends)
When this dream
Becomes reality
It is no mystery
Where I will be

When the curtain falls down on me
I will be free
I will be free
When the curtain falls down on me
I will be free I will be free I will be
Free
When the curtain falls down on me
Well I believe
I will be free
Free to fly away
I'm free to fly away
Free to fly away
Free to fly away

Oh wow look at me now
Leaving the ground
Up in the clouds
So high
Up in the sky
It's time to fly

Fly away
I'm free to fly away
I'm free
To fly


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