[Verse 1]
Yeah, I love this little house we got out on the edge of town
It's hard to think that we could beat the view we got right now
We think we got it good watching the sunset from the steps
It looks like heaven but we ain't seen nothing yet
[Chorus]
When we get to our forever home
We'll see beauty like we've never known
Angels singing hallelujah songs
Hard to imagine one day
All this gravel turned to streets of gold
Time goes by but we won't ever get old
It's a picture-perfect place, I can't wait to see Your face
When we get to our forever home
Me and You will be forever home
[Verse 2]
Yeah, we'll leave all of our worries just like work boots on the porch
And all our loved ones they'll be hanging out when we walk through the door
Yeah, we'll catch up on the good times and we'll have a million more
No, there ain't no telling what He's got in store
[Chorus]
When we get to our forever home
We'll see beauty like we've never known
Angels singing hallelujah songs
Hard to imagine one day
All this gravel turned to streets of gold
Time goes by but we won't ever get old
It's a picture-perfect place, I can't wait to see Your face
When we get to our forever home
Me and You will be forever home
[Verse 3]
When we get to our forever home
And everything we've built down here's long gone
We'll have everything we'd ever want
Hard to imagine one day
All this gravel turned to streets of gold
Time goes by but we won't ever get old
It's a picture-perfect place, I can't wait to see Your face
When we get to our forever home (Forever home)
Me and You will be forever home (Forever home)
When we get to our forever home (Forever home)
Me and You will be forever home
Forever Home
Song Meaning
Chris Tomlin starts "Forever Home" from a place that already feels close to complete — "I love this little house we got out on the edge of town... it looks like heaven but we ain't seen nothing yet." The song deliberately undercuts present contentment, not to dismiss it, but to point toward something the current happiness is only a preview of.
"All this gravel turned to streets of gold" keeps the imagined future tethered to the specific, ordinary details of the present — the same gravel driveway, transformed rather than replaced by somewhere unrecognizable. "We'll leave all of our worries just like work boots on the porch" makes the transition domestic and physical rather than abstract, the same casual gesture of taking off work boots at the end of a day.
"It's a picture-perfect place, I can't wait to see Your face" shifts the song's address from a shared human future to God directly, closing on anticipation of presence rather than only the setting itself.