Casting Crowns is a Christian band that employs a soft rock music style. The band was created by youth pastor Mark Hall who also serves as a lead vocalist. The band previously served and performed in a youth group in Atlanta.
Discovered by, among others, contemporary Christian music legend Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns got a recording contract and vaulted to popularity in 2003 with songs such as If We Are the Body and Who Am I. The Until
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Verse 1 DEF#mF#m7/AAD Here I am Lord and I'm drowning, in Your sea of forgetfulness EF#mF#m7/AA/C#D The chains of yesterday surround me, I yearn for peace and rest EF#mED I don't want to end up where You found me, and it echoes in my mind ED Keeps me awake tonight DEF#mAD I know You've cast my sin as far as the east is from the west EF#mAD And I stand before You now as… as though I've never sinned EF#mC#mDEE But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way
Chorus 1 DF#mF#m7/AE Jesus can You show me just how, far the east is from the west BmDE 'Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been come rising up in me again F#mF#m7/AE In the arms of Your mercy I find rest BmA/C#D 'Cause You know just how far the east is from the west (E – when going into bridge) From one scarred hand to the other
Verse 2 DEF#mF#m7/AD I start the day the war begins endless reminding of my sin EF#mF#m7/AD Time and time again Your Truth is drowned out by the storm I'm in EF#mC#mDE Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way
Bridge AE/G#F#m I know You've washed me white… turned my darkness into light D/F#DA I need Your peace to get me through… to get me through this night C#mF#m I can't live by what I feel, but by the truth Your Word reveals DF#mE I'm not holding on to You, but You're holding on to me F#mE You're holding on to me
Chorus 2(different than chorus 1) EAE/G# Jesus You know just how far the east is from the west F#mD/F#D 'Cause I don’t have to see the man I've been come rising up in me again AE/G# In the arms of Your Mercy I find rest (mercy I find rest) BmA/C#D 'Cause You know just how far the east is from the west F#m From one scarred Hand to the other EF#mE (just how far, the east is from the west, just how far) F#m From one scarred Hand to the other EF#mD (You know just how far, the east is from the west, just how far) D From one scarred Hand to the other
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