Lift Me

This one is an old favorite- originally released on the limited edition EP, The Wee Hours in 2003 as a live recording. The same version was later re-released as one of the hidden tracks on Beer & Coffee (round plastic version only). Matthew never expected the song to become so popular:

I wrote this one back in 2002, I think, at a time when I was actually feeling kind of depressed. It was about the time I started realizing the Christian music business wasn’t for me, but I had no idea what I wanted to do instead. I felt guilty for no reason and Lift Me came out more as an expression of frustration than anything else. I never intended it to be a single or anything, just something to get the weight off.

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Lyrics:

The depths to which I‚Äôve fallen-
shallow in your light-
seem to pull more quickly
the more I try to fight.
Within a great decision
to follow and believe,
but I have grown complacent and
politely asked you to leave.

Ignorance is blistering,
love is paid in full & painful.
Hope is just a thing with feathers,
coy and playful.

Lift me.
Lift me.
Lift me,
let me breathe.

It‚Äôs up to my discretion
to follow or to drown-
to grab the rope or grab my heart
that‚Äôs weighing me down.
You promised that you‚Äôd save me,
they said that you were wise.
So why can I not see you
when I look into my eyes?

Hope is like a riverbed,
grief is like a stone inside me.
Wash me ‚Äôtill the jagged edges
smooth beside me.

‚Ä¶and in the mirror I can see
someone scared that looks like me.
I want to hold him as he cries,
but the glass breaks
when I try.

Lift me.