For those of you who don’t know Matthew West…. let me say this…. you SHOULD.

While I’m not usually a huge fan of the sub-par garbage that the Christian music industry exposes the world to… the songs on this album really spoke to me… well, one song in particular.

And I liked it the moment I heard it (almost a year ago). But given my recent state of mind/transformation/finding of passion… it didn’t really affect me as profoundly as it could have until now.

Here are the lyrics to the song “Motions”… aka, my new anthem for 2010.

The Motions by Matthew West

This might hurt; it’s not safe
But I know that I’ve gotta make a change
I don’t care, if I break,
At least I’ll be feeling something
‘Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of life

I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming, passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking,
“What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?”

No regrets, not this time
I’m gonna let my heart defeat my mind
Let Your love make me whole
I think I’m finally feeling something
‘Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of this life

‘Cause I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking,
“What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?”

take me all the way (take me all the way)
take me all the way (’cause I don’t wanna go through the motions)
take me all the way (I know I’m finally feeling something real)
take me all the way

I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking,
“What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?”

I don’t wanna go through the motions