To the one with the wounded heart
The years of fighting have left you scarred
Wait, the light will come
To the one with distant eyes, all this crying has left you dry
Wait, the light will come
Wait, the light will come
Lift your eyes, the sun has overcome the night
Come alive as we shine in love's true light
Ooh, here is laughter beyond the tears
Here is courage to face your fears
Look, the light has come
So rise, you daughters, and stand, you sons
Claim the victory that Jesus won
Look, the light has come
Look, the light has come
Lift your eyes, the sun has overcome the night
Come alive as we shine in love's true light, ooh, ooh
Lift your eyes, the sun has overcome the night
Come alive as we shine in love's true light, whoa, mm
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The Light Will Come
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Sep 14, 2026 updated
Cannons album
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Song Meaning
Phil Wickham addresses two specific kinds of exhaustion in his opening lines — "the one with the wounded heart," worn down by "years of fighting," and "the one with distant eyes," dried out by too much crying. He doesn't rush past either description; each gets its own verse before the promise arrives.
That promise stays deliberately patient at first — "wait, the light will come" — before shifting tense entirely by the bridge: "look, the light has come." Wickham moves the listener from waiting to witnessing within the same song, tying the shift directly to a specific victory rather than a vague brightening of mood: "claim the victory that Jesus won."
John writes that "the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not" in John 1:5, and calls God himself light with "no darkness at all" in 1 John 1:5. Wickham's repeated command — "lift your eyes" — asks for exactly that shift in attention: away from the scars and the dry eyes, toward a light he insists has already arrived.
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