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What I'm Looking For

By Hawk Nelson

7 views Oct 25, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

The song opens with a confessional inventory: the singer has been cataloguing "the sick, the hurt, the jaded, and the blind" and senses something missing on the inside. The answers already found don't satisfy, and joy leaks out through holes that need filling. The chorus names the search directly — what's wanted is "something more than a feeling," bigger than the self, something to believe in. A second verse admits the running: fear of stopping because the demons would become visible, and the hard courage of saying "I need more than you can offer me" to whatever temporary comfort was on hand. The bridge pushes past the ephemeral — no temporary high, no momentary life — and lands on a final-breath question: if I die tonight, will you welcome me inside? The song doesn't name Jesus explicitly, but the shape of the longing — belief, something bigger, a welcome at the end — is the shape of faith seeking its object. It's a pop-rock plea for substance over sensation, and it ends still asking.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

I've been writing down these feelings in my mind
The sick, the hurt, the jaded, and the blind
I just know there's something missing on the inside

The answers that I found are not enough
'Cause I gotta fill up all the holes where joy leaks out
I wanna open up with new eyes
I wanna open up with new eyes

I'm tellin' you, what I'm looking for
Is something more than a feeling
What I'm looking for
Is something bigger than me
What I'm looking for
Is something I can believe in
More than a feeling
More than a feeling, oh
More than a feeling, oh

I keep running, 'cause I've always been afraid
That if I stop, I'll know the demons that I face
I gotta build the courage just to say
I need more than you can offer me

I'm tellin' you, what I'm looking for
Is something more than a feeling
What I'm looking for
Is something bigger than me
What I'm looking for
Is something I can believe in
More than a feeling
More than a feeling, oh
More than a feeling, oh

I need more than just a temporary high
I want more than just a momentary life
If I breathe my final breath tonight
I wanna know you'll welcome me inside

What I'm looking for
Is something more than a feeling
Something bigger than me
What I'm looking for
Is something I can believe in
More than a feeling
More than a feeling

What I'm looking for, yeah, yeah
What I'm looking for, yeah, yeah
What I'm looking for, oh
More than a feeling

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