Cut The Anchor, Hold The Word - Crushing Metalcore Declaration | Acts 27
āØ You did not end up in this storm because God lost track of you. The plans you threw overboard, the hope that went quiet somewhere around day eleven, none of that caught Him off guard. He already sent the word ahead of the wreck, and that word holds when nothing else does. š§ Fierce. Resolute. Heavy. Grounded. Unbreakable. Perfect for surviving prolonged crisis, finding footing when hope has gone quiet, pressing forward after every backup plan has failed. āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā š Scripture Inspiration: Acts 27 (NIV) "1 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band. 2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself. 4 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 5 When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board. 7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come... (Read the full passage at BibleGateway.com)" āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā š¶ Lyrics: [Intro - clean guitar arpeggio, 4 bars, then heavy breakdown crashes in] [Verse 1] Fourteen nights and not a single star The hull wrapped in rope just to hold the ribs in We threw the cargo over, watched it disappear Every plan we carried, swallowed by the black No sun, no bearing, hands bleeding on the rail The world told us smooth water, lied straight to our face Now the idol of our certainty is drowning in the wake And a voice cuts through the dark from a prisoner in chains [Pre-Chorus] He stood in the wreckage and said I belong to the God who sees through the storm Every soul on this ship will make it to shore Not by our strength, by His word [Chorus] Cut the anchor, hold the word Let the deadweight fall to the ocean floor He spoke before the shore appeared We break this bread before we touch the land God's purpose will not drown God's purpose will not drown Cut the anchor, hold the word [Verse 2] The lifeboat's gone, the soldiers kept their ground On the word of one man chained inside a broken hold Twenty fathoms, now fifteen, the land is coming close Still invisible, still trusted, still declared out loud This is not a man who conjured up his nerve This is a man who heard an angel in the night So he stood before two hundred seventy six And gave thanks before the outcome was in sight [Pre-Chorus] He stood in the wreckage and said I belong to the God who sees through the storm Every soul on this ship will make it to shore Not by our strength, by His word [Chorus] Cut the anchor, hold the word Let the deadweight fall to the ocean floor He spoke before the shore appeared We break this bread before we touch the land God's purpose will not drown God's purpose will not drown Cut the anchor, hold the word [Bridge - half-time breakdown, spoken word over low guitar churn] Every system this world handed you, it has a bottom. It breaks. The cargo goes over the side. The stars disappear. And you are standing in the middle of it on day eleven wondering if you heard wrong. You did not hear wrong. The word is still good. The shore is closer than it looks. Take the bread. Give thanks. Now. [Breakdown builds, gang vocals] The idols could not hold you The storm could not bury you He sent the word before the morning came Now stand Now stand Now STAND [Chorus - full band, gang vocals, maximum intensity] Cut the anchor, hold the word Let the deadweight fall to the ocean floor He spoke before the shore appeared We break this bread before we touch the land God's purpose will not drown God's purpose will not drown Cut the anchor, hold the word [Outro - heavy then resolving to clean guitar] We hit the sand and left the ship behind Not one of us was lost, every word fulfilled What God declares no open water kills Cut the anchor, hold the word āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā š Stay Connected: ā” Comment "HOLD THE WORD" if you are still in the storm and the only thing left standing is what God said š„ Send this to the person who has been silent lately, the one who stopped talking about their situation because they are tired of explaining it. šø Subscribe for daily scripture-based Christian Metal music. āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā š·ļø Tags: Acts 27, Acts 27 NIV, Paul and the shipwreck, Christian metal, metalcore worship, Christian metalcore, heavy Christian music, djent Christian, Christian metal anthem, faith in the storm, God in crisis, divine providence š Category: Music š¶ Genre: Christian Metal...
