[Verse 1]
It's chaos in the car seats
Heading south on 65
They're asking "Are we there yet?"
Every minute of the drive
[Chorus]
To be together at Christmastime
[Verse 2]
The last flight out was canceled
'Cause of unexpected snow
She's sleeping in the terminal
With the whole world headed home
[Chorus]
To be together at Christmastime
Oh, when you open up that door
To old familiar rooms of love and laughter
Coming home just the way you are
Knowing this is all that really matters
To be together at Christmastime
[Verse 3]
I'm singing out this song
'Til every lonely soul has heard
We're not alone 'cause love
Has put His arms around the world
[Chorus]
To be together at Christmastime
[Verse 4]
So every time that lonely feeling
Comes around again
Listen love is knocking
Yeah, wanting to come in
To be together
To be together
[Chorus]
Oh, when you open up that door
To old familiar rooms of love and laughter
Coming home just the way you are
Knowing this is all that really matters
To be together at Christmastime
Oh, when you open up that door
To old familiar rooms of love and laughter
Coming home just the way you are
Knowing this is all that really matters
To be together at Christmastime
To be together at Christmastime
[Verse 5]
Oh...
To be together
To Be Together
Song Meaning
Amy Grant keeps "To Be Together" close to the actual, unglamorous logistics of holiday travel — "it's chaos in the car seats, heading south on 65... the last flight out was canceled 'cause of unexpected snow, she's sleeping in the terminal." The song treats the difficulty of getting home as part of the story rather than an inconvenience to skip past on the way to the sentimental payoff.
"Oh, when you open up that door, to old familiar rooms of love and laughter, coming home just the way you are" keeps the arrival scene plain and specific rather than idealized — a familiar room, not a transformed one, is what makes the moment matter. "Knowing this is all that really matters" states the song's priority directly against all the earlier chaos.
"We're not alone 'cause love has put His arms around the world" is the song's one clear theological turn, widening a single family's reunion into a claim about universal presence, before returning immediately to the small, personal scale of "to be together" as its closing, repeated wish.