Never Be Ready

We've got our feet on the wire, talking 'bout flying
Maybe we're diving in over our heads
Scared of what I'm feeling
Staring at the ceiling here tonight

Come on lay down these arms, all our best defenses
We're taking our chances here on the run
The fear is an anchor, time is a stranger
Love isn't borrowed, we aren't promised tomorrow

We'll never be ready if we keep waiting
For the perfect time to come
Won't be steady, we'll never be ready

Where we don't know, though we can't see
Just walk on down this road with me
Won't be steady, never be ready

You're okay, you're with me here in the silence
With all of the violence crashing around
Saying we can't go, saying we don't know
This road that is narrow is the one we should follow

We'll never be ready if we keep waiting
For the perfect time to come
Won't be steady, we'll never be ready

Where we don't know, though we can't see
Just walk on down this road with me
Won't be steady, we'll never be ready

- Mat Kearney, "Never Be Ready"

Closer to Love

Oh, it's your light
Oh, it's your way
Pull me out of the dark
Just to show me the way

Crying out now
From so far away
You pull me closer to love
Closer to love

'Cause you are all that I've waited for
All of my life
We're gonna get there
You are all that I've waited for
All of my life

You pull me closer to love
Closer to love
Pull me closer to love.

- Mat Kearney, "Closer to Love"

Black and White

This whole city’s black and white
Tell me what is your color.
Could it be the same as mine?
Faded greens and blue street lights,
There’s a red fire burning
From the sea up to the sky.

I don’t want to wait until tomorrow
To tell you how I’d feel the rest of my life
You don’t want a waste another minute when you realize
Walking on the dark side of the evening
Baby it is you, that opened my eyes
Burning like a fire on the water
The city of black and white.

Won’t you just stay?
Won’t you just stay?

I’m on the top stair looking down
And their coming up to me
It’s where the whole world wants to be found
Golden rings and coffee brown
There’s white flag waving
Where my heart is on the ground.

I don’t want to wait until tomorrow
To tell you how I’d feel the rest of my life
You don’t want a waste another minute when realize
Walking on the dark side of the evening
Baby it was you that opened my eyes
Burning like a fire on the water
The city of black and white.

Won’t you just stay?
Won’t you just stay?

Won’t you just stay now

When the light glows
Over a dark street
No one else knows
So take my hands
I’ll carry you, you can carry me.

‘Cause I don’t want to wait until tomorrow
To tell you how I’d feel the rest of my life

Nothing Easy

"Nothing worth anything ever goes down easy."

~Mat Kearney, "On and On"

Dealing with Problems

"Stop can't you see it’s not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way."

~Mat Kearney, "Girl America"

All I Need

"The walls are shaking, I hear them sound the alarm
Glass is breaking so don't let go of my arm
Grab your bags and a picture of where we met
All that we'll leave behind and all that's left
If everything we've got is blowing away
We've got a rock and a rock till our dying day
I'm holding on to you, holding on to me
Maybe it's all we got but it's all I need
You're all I need"

~Mat Kearney, "All I Need"