[Verse 1]
I still drive past the chapel where I first said "I do"
Still got the old cassette tape that you sang along to
Your perfume's on the pillow, I don't wash it anymore
I keep thinking that's your footsteps every time I hear the door
[Chorus]
They say time will heal it
They say I'll be fine
But Lord, I keep on reaching
For a hand that isn't mine
'Til I see you again
[Chorus Extension]
I'll keep a light in the window
'Til I see you again
I'll keep your name on my lips when I pray
Jesus, hold her close
Tell her I'm on my way
And I'll love you to the end
'Til I see you again
[Verse 2]
The grandkids got your smile, I see you every time they laugh
Found a note inside your Bible, said "Silas, don't look back"
I've been angry, I've been broken, I've been begging in the night
But every time I fall down, Lord, You lift me to the light
[Chorus]
They say time will heal it
They say I'll be fine
But Lord, I keep on reaching
For a hand that isn't mine
'Til I see you again
[Chorus Extension]
I'll keep a light in the window
'Til I see you again
I'll keep your name on my lips when I pray
Jesus, hold her close
Tell her I'm on my way
And I'll love you to the end
'Til I see you again
[Bridge]
This ain't goodbye, it's just goodnight
This ain't the end, it's just a while
This ain't goodbye, it's just goodnight
And I'll see you on the other side
This ain't goodbye
It's just goodnight
Hold on, my love
Hold on, my love
I'm coming home
[Outro]
'Til I see you again
I'll keep a light in the window
'Til I see you again
I'll keep your name on my lips when I pray
Jesus, hold her close
Tell her I'm on my way
And I'll love you to the end
'Til I see you again
This ain't goodbye
'Til I see you again
'Til I See You Again
Song Meaning
A widower narrates the small things that keep a marriage present after death: the chapel he still drives past, the cassette she sang along to, perfume left on the pillow, footsteps he imagines whenever the door opens. Against the advice that "time will heal it," he admits he keeps "reaching for a hand that isn't mine," and the grief is stated plainly rather than tidied up.
Faith enters as speech to God. He promises to keep a light in the window, asks Jesus to "hold her close," and tells Him to pass along that he is on his way. The second verse brings the grandkids who carry her smile and a note found in her Bible telling him not to look back. He also confesses anger and nights spent begging, yet says that each time he falls the Lord lifts him toward the light.
The bridge reframes parting as "just goodnight" and ends in "I'm coming home." The hope on offer is reunion beyond death, held alongside real sorrow, much like the grief with hope that Paul describes for believers who have lost loved ones.