Lyrics
WE MATTER
Verse 1
Learning early what it means
To be chosen, to be seen,
Wanting someone close enough
So the day feels safe again.
Small hands reaching out for comfort,
Learning who you are by name.
Hoping someone knows your face
Before you know loss.
Pre-Chorus 1
Even then, beneath it all,
The need was already there:
To be known, to be held,
To belong somewhere.
Chorus 1
From kindergarten to the final days,
We’re still hoping, still afraid,
Still wanting love that knows our name
And doesn’t turn away.
Through the joy and through the ache,
Every breath we take,
We matter ’cause we matter to Him.
We matter ’cause we matter to Him.
Verse 2
Building lives that don’t slow down,
Trying hard not to let them fall,
Carrying work and love and loss
While answering every call.
Being strong because you have to,
Smiling more than you feel inside,
Wondering if who you are still counts
When you’re this tired.
Pre-Chorus 2
Different weight, familiar questions:
What was lost and what remains?
Looking for a place to set it down
And breathe again.
Chorus 2
From kindergarten to the final days,
Still becoming, still the same,
Still wanting love that stays with us
When everything has changed.
Through the joy and through the ache,
Every breath we take,
We matter ’cause we matter to Him.
We matter ’cause we matter to Him.
Verse 3
Stories longer, steps more careful,
Time feels closer than before,
Wanting someone patient enough
To hear the stories one time more.
Being known still matters deeply
When the days move slower now,
When remembering your own name
Takes more grace than it used to allow.
Bridge
Somewhere along the way we learn
We have to forgive
The road we’ve been on,
The love that didn’t show up,
The nights we carried alone.
Letting go of the life we once imagined,
Of the prayers that literally went unanswered
Sometimes forgiving life itself
Is how we choose
A different ending ahead.
Final Chorus 3
From kindergarten to the final days,
Through the silence and the praise,
We are seen, we are known,
We have always mattered the same.
Through the joy and through the ache,
Every breath we take.
We matter ’cause we matter to Him.
We matter ’cause we matter to Him.
Outro
Same care at the beginning,
Same love at the end.
We matter,
And we’re still becoming again.
© Copyright 2026 DeMeade | Music, Lyrics, and Arrangement.
Zona Zero Recording Studios (2026)