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Hard Season

By Matthew West

953 views Sep 23, 2026 updated My Story Your Glory album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Matthew West admits real weakness before asking for anything in "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." The prayer described is barely a prayer at all, more an admission that speech itself has failed.

"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" borrows the Psalmist's own posture of looking to the hills for help, and "Lord, You wrote the story that I can't see, so even in the dark my heart will believe" keeps trust distinct from understanding — belief without visibility, not belief because everything makes sense.

"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" closes by quoting the Psalms and Isaiah together, naming the hard season's outcome without pretending the season itself wasn't hard.

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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