[Verse 1]
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
SINKING DEEP
Love so deep
Is washing over me
Your face is all I seek
You are my everything
Jesus Christ
You are my one desire
Lord hear my only cry
To know You all my life
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Amazing Grace / Sinking Deep
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Sep 18, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Red Rocks Worship pairs John Newton's 1779 hymn directly with a modern chorus rather than treating the two as separate songs — "amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see" leads straight into "sinking deep, love so deep is washing over me, Your face is all I seek, You are my everything." The transition assumes the old hymn's claim as settled fact before building anything new on top of it.
"'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved" keeps Newton's own paradox intact rather than smoothing it into something simpler — grace as the source of both the fear and its relief. "Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come" treats the journey as ongoing, not finished.
"Jesus Christ, You are my one desire, Lord hear my only cry, to know You all my life" closes the medley by naming directly who the "amazing grace" belonged to all along, collapsing 250 years between the two halves of the song into a single, continuous claim.
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