"East to West"

These are the lyrics of a song a head above the rest. Many "Christian-living" songs can't crack the case of the struggling very deeply, or when they do they pair it with "the solution." Disappointingly, that leaves the rest in their predicament, without understanding. This one is all about typical repentance-processes not working out.

Here I am Lord and I’m drowning
In Your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don’t want to end up where You found me
And it echoes in my mind
Keeps me awake tonight
I know you’ve cast my sin
As far as the East is from the West
And I stand before You now
As though I’ve never sinned
But today I feel like
I’m just one mistake away
From You leaving me this way

Chorus:
Jesus can you show me just how far
The east is from the west
‘Cause I can’t bear to see the man I’ve been
Rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
‘Cause You know just how far
The east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day, the war begins
Endless reminding of my sin
And time and time again
Your truth is drowned out by the storm I’m in
Today I feel like I’m just one mistake away
from You leaving me this way

I know You’ve washed me white
Turn my darkness into life
I need Your peace to get me through
To get me through this night
I can’t live by what I feel
About the truth Your word reveals
I’m not holding on to You
But You’re holding on to me
You’re holding on to me

--Casting Crowns, "East to West"