Matthew West, a Christian artist since 2003 has overcome many obstacles. He has had many trials and tribulations that have made him the strong person he is in his faith today. Matthew West had a surgery in 2008 that could’ve changed his whole career. He could’ve become mute, but God has great plans for Matthew West. He can now sing again and is going to do a new album inspired by life stories of people that email him. Matthew West’s song “The Motions” was written when he found out he may become mute, but never performed until after he had his surgery. “The Motions” is a good song because it has elements of repetition, universal relevance, and motif.
The repetition of this song plays a strong role because it explains that he really means what he’s saying. Matthew West wrote, “ I don’t wanna go through the motions/I don’t wanna go one more day without Your all consuming passion inside of me/I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking, ‘What if I had given everything, instead of going through the motions?’” The repetition shows that he means that he doesn’t want to live life, living and not knowing what he really could’ve done for God. He truly believes God has done so much for him so he wants to do the small bit he can to give back to God.
The universal relevance of this song is very strong. No one wants to live life being depressed all the time. People want happiness and to Matthew West, he doesn’t want to go through the motions because he wants to live a happy eternal life with the One he knows can make him happy. Everybody wants to feel something real. “I don’t care if I break at least I’ll be feeling something,” sings Matthew West. He shows that he wants to feel, he wants change for his life, he wants to feel the strength of God. He knows the devil will attack him more, but he chooses to stand up for God.
In this song it’s as though he has two chorus’ because he does the “I don’t wanna go” as a chorus but he also does the line “take me all the way” eight different times throughout the song. He wants to show that, that’s what hes really feeling, he wants God to take him all the way. Matthew West doesn’t want to compromise, he wants to give all he has to God. This is the motif in the song.
This song is a great song because Matthew West has great writing technique and style. He outwardly expresses what is in his heart. The instruments are mastered and he vocalizes this song beautifully. This is one of Matthew West’s biggest hits because he did and awesome job at writing this song and giving it poetic elements and feeling.
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