East To West

What is true joy or hope?

Where can it be found?

Is it a promise of golden streets?

Is it in escaping the fires of hell?

No, all things are worthless in view

Of the surpassing value of simply knowing God

And being known by him

Oh, that I may know him

To one day see the savior

Who purchased my life

By his very own blood

To see the king who suffered to die

For a sinner like me

On that day when I see my king

And death has lost its sting

(Death has lost its sting)

Until then I’m chasing after mysteries

I’m chasing after mysteries

(I’m chasing after you)

Living, you loved me though I fought

Dying, you saved me, my soul bought

Buried, you carried my sins away

You carried my sins far away

Carried my sins

Carried my sins far away

As far as the east is stretched from the west

Carried my sins far away

From east to west

Far away

From east to west

Far away

Suffering, imagine I cannot

Forgiving, all my sins you forgot

Rising, you eased our dismay

You eased me of all my dismay

All my, all my, all my dismay

On that day when I see my king

And death has lost its sting

(Death has lost its sting)

Until then I’m chasing after mysteries

I’m chasing after mysteries

(I’m chasing after you)

Carried my sins

Carried my sins far away

As far as the east is stretched from the west

Carried my sins far away

From east to west

Far away

From east to west

Far away

I’m looking off into the distance

And though it may just be a shadow

I’m chasing after mysteries to find

The joy in knowing Christ

All things are worthless in view

Of the surpassing value of simply knowing God

And being known by him

Oh, that I may know him

To one day see the savior

Who purchased my life

By his very own blood

To see the king who suffered to die

For a sinner like me

On that day when I see my king clothed in all of his power

And his love

I will join the choirs to sing of his mercies and grace

With all of his beloved

All of his beloved

All of his beloved

All of his beloved