You Are More
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"You Are More" is a song by the Christian band
Tenth Avenue North
, released as the second single from their 2010 album The Light Meets the Dark
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through Jesus Christ.
on which people have written their sins, doubts, mistakes, or questions. As the song reaches its peak, water begins to fall down the chalkboard, washing away the writing, symbolizing Christ washing away the sins of those who embrace him.
The song spent 45 weeks (November 10, 2010 through September 11, 2011) on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, including four weeks at #1.
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
Tenth Avenue North
Tenth Avenue North
Tenth Avenue North is an American contemporary Christian music band from West Palm Beach, Florida. They took their name from a major east-west road in Palm Beach County.The group was formed while attending Palm Beach Atlantic University...
, released as the second single from their 2010 album The Light Meets the Dark
The Light Meets the Dark
The Light Meets the Dark is the second major label studio album from Christian pop rock band Tenth Avenue North. It was released on May 11, 2010 by Reunion Records.-Background:...
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Content
The song follows the story of a girl who believes that because of her sins and mistakes, she has "fallen too far to love". The song expresses the belief that a person is more than the mistakes and sins he or she has committed because they have salvationSalvation
Within religion salvation is the phenomenon of being saved from the undesirable condition of bondage or suffering experienced by the psyche or soul that has arisen as a result of unskillful or immoral actions generically referred to as sins. Salvation may also be called "deliverance" or...
through Jesus Christ.
Music video
The music video shows the band playing the song in front of a massive chalkboardChalkboard
A chalkboard or blackboard is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulfate or calcium carbonate, known, when used for this purpose, as chalk. Chalkboards were originally made of smooth, thin sheets of black or dark grey slate stone...
on which people have written their sins, doubts, mistakes, or questions. As the song reaches its peak, water begins to fall down the chalkboard, washing away the writing, symbolizing Christ washing away the sins of those who embrace him.
Chart performance
| Charts | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Christian Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
The song spent 45 weeks (November 10, 2010 through September 11, 2011) on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, including four weeks at #1.