MATTHEW WEST - STRONG ENOUGH

STRONG ENOUGH

MATTHEW WEST

SONGWRITER: WEST MATTHEW JOSEPH

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE

LABEL: SPARROW RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2010

 

      Matthew Joseph West(born April 25, 1977) is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs, "More", "You Are Everything", and "The Motions". He was nominated for five Dove Awards in 2005, two of which were for his major label debut album, Happy. West won the 2013 American Music Award for Best Contemporary Inspirational Artist.

       Starting as an independent musician in the late 1990s, he released three independent albums before signing with Universal South Records. With the release of his Dove Award-winning debut album, Happy, released in 2003, his first radio single, "More", stayed at No. 1 on Christian Adult Contemporary charts for nine weeks and received two Dove Award nominations. His second album, History, was followed by a 2006 re-release of the originally independent album, Sellout. In 2007, he faced vocal issues that threatened his career with two months of prescribed vocal rest. His third studio album, Something to Say, also enjoyed chart success with Nº 1 hits, "You Are Everything" and "The Motions".

     In addition to his main solo career, West has worked as a songwriter for many Christian musicians and groups such as Point of Grace, Mandisa, Natalie Grant, and Casting Crowns, as well as mainstream country acts, Rascal Flatts, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Vince Gill. In 2013, his second single, "Hello, My Name Is", from the album, Into the Light, was released and reached at Nº 1 for a career-best 17 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Christian Songs chart.

        The Story of Your Life is the fourth studio album by contemporary Christian musician Matthew West. It was released on October 5, 2010 through Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Brown Bannister and Pete Kipley.

          The first radio single was "My Own Little World" that charted at Nº 6 on the Christian Songs chart. The second radio single from the album was "Strong Enough", which charted at Nº 3 on the Christian Songs chart. The album sold over 10,000 copies in its debut week.

You must

You must think I'm strong

To give me what I'm going through

Well, forgive me

 

Forgive me if I'm wrong

But this looks like more than I can do

On my own

 

I know I'm not strong enough to be

Everything that I'm supposed to be

I give up

I'm not strong enough

 

Hands of mercy won't you cover me

Lord right now I'm asking you to be

Strong enough

Strong enough

 

For the both of us, yeah

Well, maybe

Maybe that's the point

To reach the point of giving up

'Cause when I'm finally

Finally at rock bottom

 

Well, that's when I start lookin' up

And reachin' out

I know I'm not strong enough to be

Everything that I'm supposed to be

 

I give up

I'm not strong enough

Hands of mercy won't you cover me?

Lord right now I'm asking you to be

 

Strong enough

Strong enough

'Cause I'm broken

Down to nothing

 

But I'm still holding on to the one thing

You are God

And you are strong

 

When I am weak

I can do all things

Through Christ who gives me strength

And I don't have to be

Strong enough

Strong enough

 

I know I can do all things

Through Christ who gives me strength

And I don't have to be

Strong enough

Strong enough...

Oh...

Yeah...