Written by Matthew Stewart Wertz at 9:40pm, Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Today is gonna be the day

I’ll find the words I need to say

Cuz there ain’t any other way

To tell ya how I’m feelin’-

This is where I’ve always turned

Retreated so I don’t get burned

And now with these lessons learned

I’m ready for some healin’

So tell me that you’ll be my baby

We don’t have to be lonely no more

And I’ve never ever been this for sure

And all I’m askin please

Is that you’ll stick with me

When it don’t come easy

I know that you are so afraid

Cuz you never gave your heart away

Surviving on a little faith

Well, keep on believin’

So slide in close to me

You can trust me with anything

You is all ya gotta be

Cuz babe, I’m never leavin’

Written by matt wertz and ben rector at 5:15pm on 5/5/10

There’s no need to worry, maybe

We could leave it behind

Most my troubles are self-created

They just live in my mind!

Why do we try when it always ends up fine?

Everything will be alright

Tired of spending my days here thinking

Getting lost in my head

But the sun is shining right outside

So whey don’t we spend some time there instead?!

Written by Whitney Duncan and Matt Wertz on 7/31/10 at 3:11pm

Her hand fits mine

Yeah, we look just right

All the people stop and stare

I’ve tried and tried

But can’t deny

That she still don’t compare-

No one compares!

OH! It don’t matter what I do.

OH! Nobody’s You.

Now she’s kissin’ on me

Am I goin’ crazy

Cuz you’re on my mind instead

She’s everything

I could ever need

But your heart beats in my head, pretty babe

You gave me something sweeter

‘It wasn’t always right’ doesn’t mean it’s wrong

Cuz I can’t let you go for hangin’ on

Why’d I ever let you walk away?

Written by matthew stewart wertz and ben rector at 3:38pm on 5/13/10

Maybe I’ll always learn the hard way

Maybe the only way is through

But after all the dust has settled

You’re the only thing I know that’s true.

Either way, either way

I am running back to you

Running back to you

Right away, Right away

Ya got me running back to you

Running back to you

Lately surrender isn’t willing

But it’s surrender all the same

And, oh the spaces you’ve been filling-

After I’m the one who ran away

Where I’ve been, it always ends with you beside me

And I can’t believe that you could love me all the same

How far I’ve run, who I’ve become- you always find me

After I’m the one who ran away

by matthew stewart wertz and chad cates at 2:47pm on june 29, 2009

Abigail,

I know you’re scared

No one told you there’d be this.

Feelin frail,

With so much to bear

I know it’s not fair, but what is?

When push starts shoving,

You’re left with nothing-

Just know we’ll always be

Family.

Don’t give up

When the road gets rough

Cuz we’re flesh and blood

And I’m here for you.

In sinking sand

Just grab my hand

And with all I have,

I’ll hold on.

After all that we’ve been through

I will walk with you…

Written by Matt Wertz and Ben Rector 8/4/2010 at 2:41pm

Trouble finds me without warning

Standin’ in the light of the morning

Wanna grab my things and hit the road

Must’ve done this a thousand times

all the leaving never made things right-

Now I’ve gone so far, there’s nowhere left to go

For the first time

I’m changing my mind

And I’m gonna stay

You opened my eyes

To finally realize

I’m what’s in the way

I never knew when I quit winning

I’d hit the bottom but I’d keep on digging

Now I’m running out of things to take the blame

Here I stand with my white flag waving

Hopin’ you can believe what I’m saying

I was wrong, I don’t wanna stay the same

Written by Matthew Stewart Wertz and Dave Barnes in 2004

I’ve spent all morning remembering you

In hopes of proving all of this true

‘cuz me and the moonlight spent all of last night

and finally caught your eye

Baby, I confess

I was not expecting this

(I have been waiting for someone like you)

Baby, I admit

I got used to loneliness

(I have been waiting for someone like you)

Afternoon finds me no further along

Could patience be better, or should I move on?

But its all I can do not to call you

With your number still left on my hand.

Maybe I’m foolish

There’s nothing to this, my hope is gone.

But what if you are feeling like I do?

Cuz I’m dying to see you-

Again!

Written by Matthew Stewart Wertz at 3:05pm on 6/30/09

Are you ready to hear this?

I got this feeling and it won’t go away

I don’t know how to hide it

So it’s time that I finally say

Oooh, feels so right

Knowing I could love you for the rest of my life

I can’t wait any longer

But I don’t know if you can receive

My love keeps growing stronger

If you say yes I’ll give you everything

Written by Matthew Stewart Wertz and Ben Caver at 3:17pm on 7/28/09

So the stage is set,

The stars and moon above

We’ve come so far to get here, baby look at us

I’m as nervous now as I was back then

Staring back at me

In that white summer dress

The smell of jasmine takes me back to our first kiss.

And I don’t know where to start.

But I’m leading with my heart

I’ve told you that I love you

From everything I’ve shown-

And it’s time to speak the truth

To finally let you know

Though I’ve always known what to say every other time

I just wish the words came easier tonight

I’ve never said ‘I love you’

To any girl before

I’ve saved those words

For something that meant more

So I promise when I do

I will give my heart to you

Tonight’s the night I’m jumping in

It’s why we started and how the story ends

I’m down on my knee

And I’m asking for your hand

I just told you that I love you

Now everything has changed

What used to try and stop me just got pushed out of the way

And I always knew what to say

It just wasn’t the right time

But It couldn’t have gone easier tonight

No it couldn’t have gone easier tonight

Written by Matthew Stewart Wertz and Steven Thomas Moakler at 5:43 pm on 12/10/09

It ain’t about why

More about what you’re gonna do about it

Nothin’s gonna change on it’s own

If something ain’t right

It maybe that’s life just trying to tell you something

But it won’t take too long

For you to see it’s not wrong

I wanna see what you’re made of

Get up and fight, you know you should

Try- there’s nothing you should be afraid of

I’d take your place if I could

This ain’t safe but it’s gonna be good

Think about this:

What if all your plans just fell right into place

Would you better then?

Or was it the brokenness that built you?

The emptiness that filled you?

The times you couldn’t get away

And let that trouble have it’s way

It’s gotta get worse

Before it gets good

I know it ain’t easy

That means you should

Don’t hide away from what you have to do

Come into the city

The buildings are fallin

Listen through the crash

For the angels callin’ out to you-

to bring you through

to bring you through

Written by Matthew Stewart Wertz and Steven Thomas Moakler at 10:55pm on 5/28/2010

Everybody’s digging for gold

Looking for shine in somebody’s eyes

I thought I saw a shimmer in yours

So I pulled you in close and held on tight

Sometimes you want something so bad

You tell yourself lies and hope they come true

If love is a thing you can have

I never knew how to give to you

I know there’s someone out there for me

And somebody’s gonna love you right

But right now it’s just you and me

Trying to say goodbye

Nobody said it was easy

To find your self a love that’s true

And I learned that the hard way

Tryin’ to be that man for you

So let go-time knows something we don’t