Lyrics
Verse 1
East went looking for west, but never found him
Guilt went looking for my past, but only found love
I heard about a sea, where sin sinks like stones
There's no floor there, just mercy down below
Chorus
There's so much grace, there's so much grace
There's so much grace, there's so much grace
Verse 2
Heard about a Man with holes in his hands
He can hide mountains of sin in them
His smile destroyed my religion
His love shakes down my prison
Bridge
I could run for all my days, but I'll never run away
There's no mistake I could make, that could ever make You change
I could run for all my days, but I'd never run away
There's no mistake I could make, that would ever make You change
Tag
There's so much grace, there's so much grace
Wave after wave of this grace washes over me
Washes over me, so much grace
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Meaning & Inspiration
So Much Grace centers on mercy that reaches beyond guilt and past failure. Its images of east searching for west, sin sinking like stones, and grace arriving wave after wave portray forgiveness as immeasurable rather than scarce. The wounded hands of Christ become a refuge for ‘mountains of sin,’ while love is pictured as breaking confinement and replacing fear-driven religion with welcome. The repeated chorus keeps the song’s focus on the abundance of divine grace.
The lyric closely echoes biblical language about removed transgression and mercy that exceeds human wrongdoing. Its sea imagery also recalls the promise that sins are cast into the depths, and the bridge presents God’s character as steadfast despite human mistakes. Rather than treating grace as permission to ignore sin, the song depicts it as the force that frees a person from guilt and draws that person back toward God’s unchanging love.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 103:12 The psalm says God removes transgressions as far as east is from west.
- Micah 7:19 The prophet describes God casting sins into the depths of the sea.