More - My 4 year-old friend Jace never wants to go to bed when it's time, so he tries to stall. He runs into his dad's arms and says, Dad, I love you more than ice cream! His dad smiles and replies, Well, I love you more than pizza. Jace fires back quickly, Dad, I love you more than Buzz Light Year! The game goes on until Jace finally loses the battle and has to go to bed. One day I was over at my little friends house and saw a picture on the refrigerator that Jaces sister had drawn for her dad. It was a picture of a bright yellow sun and these words were written across the page, I love you more than the sun. That inspired me.

Happy - Happy isn't about a fake expression of emotion. It's not about smiling when youd rather cry. Its about being real; real with the struggles of life and real with the joy. It's about finding peace in the middle of the chaos. Happy is about realizing we are not the ones in control of our destiny. It's about taking a deep breath and remembering that the One who made this world and everything in it is the same one who knows what our tomorrow looks like. And that's a thought that makes me Happy.

The Turnaround - Every morning I wake up and stand at the edge of the world. I remember the mistakes I made yesterday, and I'm afraid I'll make the same ones today. I am weak, and the world is at my feet, just waiting to trip me up again. The Turnaround is about the struggle and the daily prayer I find myself whispering. I need you, I know I need you.

I Cant Hear You - I wrote these lyrics with the image in my mind. I had this picture of a huge crowd at a concert, jumping up and down. I pictured people climbing up on the shoulders of the ones next to them and crowd surfing. Then I saw this one guy who looked a lot like me make the same attempt. I watched him climb up, and as he reached the top, the crowd stopped and looked up at him as if to say, who are you? Then, instead of carrying him on their shoulders above the ground, the crowd stepped back like a parting of the seas and let him fall to the ground right back where he started. The analogy is this: Life is already a series of ups and downs. When I put my faith in man, I will surely be let down time after time. But when I put our faith in God, I know that he's always with me, even when I can't hear You!

You Know Where To Find Me - You Know Where To Find Me is a song about true friendship. I used to think that being a good friend meant offering advice or sharing from my vast well of knowledge whenever a friend was going through a hard time. My arrogance lets me think I always have the solution to other peoples problems. But I think the bible gives us some good advice on friendship. Revelation 3:20 says, Here I stand at the door and knock... God is standing at the door of our hearts and knocking. He never says He will beat the door down! It just says He stands at the door and knocks. That's the kind of friend I want to be. The kind that says, Hey, if you need me, you know where to find me right by your side.

The End - True story so, I was fast asleep in my little 2 bedroom duplex in Nashville, when I my alarm clock starting ringing. I looked outside, saw that it was raining, and went right back to bed. Then, as I was drifting my way back to sleep, I felt something wet dripping down from the ceiling. I looked up, and sure enough, there was a leak in the ceiling, and rain was pouring on my head. The funny thing is, my ceiling fan was on high, so as the rain leaked through the ceiling, it hit the fan, and before I knew it, I was underneath a giant sprinkler! I got out of bed, picked up the guitar and started singing, it was raining when I woke up this morning One Sunday morning, I sang this song at a church, and a woman came up to talk to me. She told me about her ongoing battle with depression, and how hard it is for her to get out of bed some days. She said that the song was what she needed to hear that day; to be reminded that, it's not the end. Its just like God to use a leak in the ceiling to encourage a life. I was humbled.

Out Of My Hands - Out of My Hands is inspired by the unexpected turns that life can take. My life took one of those turns right before I signed my record deal. I suffered an injury to my arm that landed me in the hospital, and without the use of my left hand for several months. Suddenly, my future was out of my control, and I began to realize that it never really was. Through my experience, the inspiration for this song and for much of this record was found. It's scary to think that I'm not in control of this life, and I was scared. But I found my faith stronger than ever before, and I found peace in the middle of uncertainty.

The Lie - Peer pressure is alive and well. The voice of compromise does not discriminate. It will come to you no matter how young or old you are. It will sneak up on you and try to bring you down. Then, after you've fallen for it, it will come to you again. The lie will try to make you believe you've messed up one too many times, and that you can't be forgiven. The Lie tries to send you spinning until you just give up and give in to it every time. I've heard the lie, and I've fallen for it. I've battled guilt so strong that I thought, How could God forgive me, I can't even forgive myself. But this song is about getting back up again. You can never fall too far from forgiveness. And you don't have to believe The Lie.

Every Second - This is a song about that moment in life when you know you will never be the same. It's about looking back to the past just long enough to say goodbye and being glad you never have to go back. This is a song about finding that one who makes you want to be a better person. This is a song about the power of a moment, and the freedom of a new beginning. This is a song inspired by my wife, Emily.

My Finest Hour - I used to write songs about my life in retrospect. What I mean is, if Im going through a hard time in my life, I would wait to write about it until I was on the other side and looking back. I guess it's always easier when youre on the outside and looking in, but it's not enough. This song was the beginning of a breakthrough for me. I forced myself to write in the moment, my weakest moment. And it was there that I found clarity. It's in our weakest moments that we find out who we are, and what we are made of. Our weakest moments reveal what's truly important and what will fade. Our weakest moments strip us down to nothing; nothing but a heart and a soul. Our weakest moments help us find true faith. Our weakest moments make us stronger. Our weakest moments shape us, and God knows why. See, God is not absent in our weakest moments. He is at work. He is turning our weakest moment into our finest hour.

Curtain - My friend Rodney came to me with this idea about a curtain, and I was inspired. The song was written in about an hour, and the words just sort of spilled out. While we were writing this song, I was reminded of how temporary this life is and how much freedom there is to look forward to. I wanted this song to soar, and I hope it does. I think it is a fitting end to the record, because the message of Curtain is that it's not the end!