You want more for me

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It's new release Friday and I ran across this great song this morning by JJ Heller. Doing a quick search I couldn't find anything about the story behind this song, but I know this quote from C.S. Lewis and it's part of why this song struck a chord for me this morning.

"It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." - C.S. Lewis

And here's the lyrics to the song. I'll just leave at that instead of trying to add anything to it.

You Want More For Me

I've been thinking about the way my life turned out
How nothing's really gone the way I planned
How each blind curve, each twist and turn, brought me where I am now
And looking back I wouldn't trade them in

I had an image of the life in front of me
And how I was gonna build it on my own
But if I never lost the picture in my mind of who I'd be
I'd never get to see who I'd become

Oh, the world is full of extraordinary things
Somehow I never imagined a holiday at sea
I've been settling for mud pies and microscopic dreams
You want more for me

There's a freedom knowing I can't mess it up
And how every choice can somehow be redeemed
So I pray for wisdom knowing with some faith I'll learn to see
There is no path You will not walk with me

Oh, the world is full of extraordinary things
Somehow I never imagined a holiday at sea
I've been settling for mud pies and microscopic dreams
You want more for me

What I hope for is far too weak
A single note in a symphony
I am far too easily pleased
You want more for me
You want more for me
You want more-

Oh, the world is full of extraordinary things
Somehow I never imagined a holiday at sea
I've been settling for mud pies and microscopic dreams
You want more for me
You want more for me
You want more for me

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