Pocket Full of Rocks, “Come As You Are”

Posted by on July 11, 2010 in Christian Music, Music, New Christian Radio Singles | 3 comments

Pocket Full of Rocks, “Come As You Are”

Veteran Contemporary Christian pop-rock group Pocket Full of Rocks’ Come As You Are is the first single off its third CD, More Than Noise (Word/Myrrh Records). If early radio acceptance is any indication, Come As You Are is shaping up to become its latest major hit, which is great, considering the storied career of Pocket Full of Rocks (or PFOR, as it likes to be called, apparently).

PFOR’s Michael Farren collaborated with veteran CCM writers Chad Cates and Tony Wood to pen one of the more memorable encouraging songs this year; Come As You Are‘s lyrics speak of how and why we can connect to Jesus anytime. Heartfelt vocals from Farren and his wife Alisa are reminiscent of Casting Crowns, FFH, Selah, and Caedmon’s Call, and will easily connect with audiences of all ages, especially those seeking Christ. Pocket Full of Rocks’ Come As You Are is gaining in popularity. The song is now #12 with a bullet on Radio & Records’ Soft AC/Inspo chart and debuted at #18 on its main Christian AC chart. It’s registered the fifth highest increase in airplay for this week on Soft AC/Inspo. Mark my words, PFOR could have a major hit in its hands here.

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COME AS YOU ARE Lyrics
Pocket Full of Rocks

He’s not mad at you
He’s not disappointed
His grace is greater still,
than all of your wrong choices
He is full of mercy and he is ever kind
Hear his invitation, His arms are open wide

You can come as you are,
with all your broken pieces
And all your shameful scars
The pain you hold in your heart,
bring it all to Jesus
You can come as you are

Louder than the voice that whispers your unworthy
Hear the sound of love,
that tells a different story
Shattering your darkness and pushing through the lies
How tenderly he calls you,
His arms are open wide

You can come as you are,
with all your broken pieces
And all your shameful scars
The pain you hold in your heart,
bring it all to Jesus
You can come as you are

You can come as you are

You can come as you are with all your broken pieces
And all your shameful scars
The pain you hold in your heart,
bring it all to Jesus
You can come as you are 

  • http://www.erfm.org Steve Curtis

    “He’s not mad at you”? Really??? This is a “come to Jesus” song; that is, it is directed toward those who do not yet know Christ. The Bible couldn’t be any more clear that it is precisely with such people that the wrath of God is being revealed.
    Yes, of course there is peace and forgiveness and restoration in Christ! But until that moment of new birth, God is very mad indeed. We stand justly condemned before Him until we accept the sacrifice of Christ by faith.
    This kind of approach – so common in modern evangelicalism – reduces the gospel to merely an answer to our pain, troubles, etc. Yet it seldom gets mentioned that our GREATEST problem is that we are enemies of God! Only when we understand that can we realize just what He did for us on Calvary.
    This song is just the latest (though also among the most explicit) to take the very idea of sin out of the equation. We are not guilty of “bad choices,” we are guilty of deliberate treason against a holy God.

    Hello, Steve! Thank you for clarifying the theological perspective of “Come As You Are,” and for the passion with which you defend your position. I appreciate it.

  • Ruth

    I am fully aware of all my sins and how much anger God is justified in having toward me. This song remindes me that in spite of all the wrongs I have done, if I truly love and accept Jesus into my life and heart, though I am not worthy, God will love and accept me into his loving embrase. Even as a Christian, I still struggle every day and fall so incredibly short of, not only his expectations, but just as emotionally devistating, my own expectations. The only way I can find the hope of a sliver of a posability to forgive myself is knowing that He has already forgiven me. He already knows how completely unworthy I am on my own. My struggle is remembering that I am only not able, but not expected to justify my own worthyness, Praise God! But with Him, not only am I told He will forgive me my tresspasses, but hopefully, and only, with the Grace of God, maybe – just maybe – I can find the strenght to forgive myself. In His Name…

  • David

    Steve, you took the song out of context. Gods anger was satisfied on the cross 2000 years ago. This song is directed at those who feel that they messed up so much that they feel they can’t come to Him. It’s His Kindness that leads us to repentance.