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A Few More Days

By Matthew West

431 views Sep 5, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

This song captures the ache of a soul caught between earthly trials and the promise of heaven. The lyrics open with a deep longing for a place beyond the chains and pain of this world, and the singer confesses to waiting—sometimes impatiently—for the moment when Christ returns to rescue the heart from its suffering. The chorus leans into that tension with a repeated refrain about being just a few more days or hours from going home, even as troubles circle like vultures. What keeps the waiting from becoming despair is a deliberate turn to Scripture: the reminder that with the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like a day. That perspective reframes the wait—not as a delay but as an invitation to hold fast, because the clouds could part at any moment, and today could be the day. The song doesn't offer easy comfort; instead, it validates the weariness of waiting while anchoring the soul in the certainty of God's timing. It's a honest, worshipful cry for endurance, one that finds its footing not in the timeline of earth but in the eternal patience of heaven.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

There is a longing deep inside my soul
There is a place my spirit wants to go
It's far away from all these chains that bind
There is a world I long to leave behind

So, I wait and I wait
I wait for the moment when You come for me
And resue my heart from the pain that it's seen
Troubles are circling all around me
And I can't stop thinking

[chorus:]
Just a few more days I'll be going home
Just a few more hours and I'll be flying
It could be any minute now
That You take me away
Or maybe just a few more days
A few more days

To you a day is like thousand years
And only you know when the clouds will clear
So, let me not forget and fall away
Because a thousand years could be today

So, I'll wait and I wait
I wait for the moment when You come for me
And resue my heart from the pain that it's seen
My troubles are circling all around me
I've to remember

To you a day is like a thousand years
And only You know when the clouds will clear
So, let me not forget and fall away
Becasue a thousand years could be today

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