Francesca Battistelli - Something More Lyrics
Lyrics
What do you do when you get
Everything you wanted
But it's not what you wanted after all?
And what do you do when your dreams
Become reality
But deep inside you know they're not enough?
God it's so hard
Living with a longing heart
Everything I think I need
Feels so strangely out of each
So God help me now
To understand that this maybe how
You show me I was made for something more
Sometimes I move in circles
Sometimes I feel I'm walking
A wire between what's now and what's to come
I'm caught inside every moment
Breathing its beauty in
But knowing that it won't ever will me up
God it's so hard
Living with a longing heart
Everything I think I need
Feels so strangely out of each
So God help me now
To understand that this maybe how
You show me I was made for something more
That anything my eyes can't see
So give me strength and help me to believe
God it's so hard, oh so hard
God it's so hard
Living with a longing heart
Everything I think I need
Feels so strangely out of each
So God help me now
To understand that this maybe how
You show me I was made for something more
Please show me I was made for something more
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Francesca Battistelli - "Something More" OFFICIAL AUDIO
Meaning & Inspiration
Francesca Battistelli's "Something More," released as part of the Deluxe Edition of her album *Hundred More Years* in 2013, delves into a profound spiritual truth that resonates deeply with anyone who has ever achieved their earthly aspirations only to find them wanting. The song grapples with the universal human experience of yearning, the unsettling realization that even when all outward desires are met, a persistent emptiness can remain. Battistelli articulates the confusion and frustration of living with "a longing heart," where the perceived necessities of life "feel so strangely out of each." This internal dissonance is the fertile ground from which the song's central plea emerges: a desperate but hopeful call to God for understanding, for divine intervention to reveal the purpose behind this insatiable ache.
The narrative of "Something More" mirrors the biblical exploration of discontentment as a divine prompt. Ecclesiastes, particularly chapter 3, speaks to the "time for everything" and the ultimate vanity of worldly pursuits when divorced from God. Solomon, despite his immense wisdom and riches, declares in Ecclesiastes 1:2, "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity." This resonates with Battistelli’s observation that even "dreams become reality" can leave one knowing "they're not enough." The song suggests that this very dissatisfaction is not a flaw but a divinely orchestrated signpost, a way God "show[s] me I was made for something more." This is akin to Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5:6, where He blesses those who "hunger and thirst for righteousness," promising they "will be filled." The longing heart, therefore, is not a curse but a divine invitation to seek true fulfillment.
Battistelli beautifully illustrates this seeking in the second verse, describing the feeling of being "caught inside every moment," appreciating its transient beauty but recognizing its inability to "ever fill me up." This echoes the Apostle John’s warning against loving the world or the things in the world, as "the love of the Father is not in him" (1 John 2:15). The world offers temporary satisfaction, a fleeting joy that cannot sustain the soul. The song's core message is an encouragement to look beyond the visible, beyond what our "eyes can't see," to embrace the spiritual reality that transcends material or temporal fulfillment. The prayer for strength and belief to accept this divine unveiling aligns with the faith required to trust God's plan, as detailed in Hebrews 11:1: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Ultimately, "Something More" serves as an anthem for the pilgrim soul, a poignant reminder that true contentment is found not in the accumulation of earthly possessions or achievements, but in recognizing and pursuing the eternal purpose for which we are created, a purpose revealed through the very longing that drives us to seek God.