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Hard Season

By Matthew West

932 views Jul 26, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Matthew West's song 'Hard Season' is about trusting God during difficult times. The lyrics describe feeling weak, unable to pray, and struggling with doubt, yet choosing to believe that God has a purpose. The song references lifting eyes to where help comes from, echoing Psalm 121. It acknowledges pain but holds onto hope that joy will come in the morning, drawing from Psalm 30:5. The message is one of perseverance and faith that God is writing a story we cannot see, and that beauty can rise from ashes.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

Been a hard season 

Been a broken road  

All the dreams I was dreaming  

They went up in smoke  

But I keep on believing  

There is a reason  

For this hard season  

 

Been brought down to my knees 

But I?m too weak to pray  

So, God, I hope You can hear  

The words I can?t say  

Do You know what I?m needing  

Are You still holding me in  

This hard season  

 

I lift up my eyes where my help comes from  

I fall in the arms of the only One 

Who knows the reason  

For every hard season 

Lord, You wrote the story that I can?t see 

So even in the dark my heart will believe 

There is a reason  

For every hard season  

 

When the tears and the trials  

Are too many to count 

When my last bit of faith starts to give way  

To waves of my doubt  

It may feel like I?m drowning 

But I know I?m not alone in 

This hard season 

 

Oh, I lift up my eyes where my help comes from  

I fall in the arms of the only One 

Who knows the reason  

For every hard season 

Lord, You wrote the story that I can?t see 

So even in the dark my heart will believe 

There is a reason  

For every hard season  

  

Weeping may last for a moment 

But joy?s gonna come in the morning  

Blessings will flow from these battles 

And beauty will rise from these ashes 

 

Oh, weeping may last for a moment 

But joy?s gonna come in the morning  

Blessings will flow from these battles 

And beauty will rise from these ashes 

 

Weeping may last for a moment 

But joy?s gonna come in the morning  

Blessings will flow from these battles 

And beauty will rise from these ashes 

 

I lift up my eyes where my help comes from  

I fall in the arms of the only One 

Who knows the reason  

For every hard season 

Lord, You wrote the story that I can?t see 

So even in the dark my heart will believe 

There is a reason  

For every hard season  


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