[Verse 1]
VERSE 1
Though the dark is overwhelming
And the brightest lights grow dim
Though the Word of God
Is trampled on by foolish men
Though the wicked never stumble
And abound in every place
We will all be humbled when we see Your face
VERSE 2
And the demons we’ve been fighting
Those without and those within
Will be underneath our feet
To never rise again
All our sins will be behind us
Through the blood of Christ erased
And we’ll taste Your kindness when we see Your face
BRIDGE
We will see, we will know
Like we’ve never known before
We’ll be found, we’ll be home
We’ll be Yours forevermore
VERSE 3
All the waiting will be over
Every sorrow will be healed
All the dreams it seemed
Could never be will all be real
And You’ll gather us together
In Your arms of endless grace
As Your Bride forever when we see Your face
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And You’ll gather us together
In your arms of endless grace
As Your Bride forever when we see Your face
When We See Your Face
Song Meaning
Sovereign Grace Music writes "When We See Your Face" almost entirely in future tense, treating the whole song as an act of imagining an ending rather than describing a present state. "Though the dark is overwhelming, and the brightest lights grow dim... we will all be humbled when we see Your face" holds present difficulty and future certainty in the same verse without resolving one into the other early.
"The demons we've been fighting, those without and those within, will be underneath our feet to never rise again" keeps the imagined future specific rather than vaguely peaceful — it names exactly what the song expects to finally end. "All our sins will be behind us, through the blood of Christ erased" ties that future hope directly back to a present, already-accomplished cause rather than treating it as uncertain.
The bridge's repeated "we will see, we will know, like we've never known before" leans on the promise that current, partial understanding will eventually give way to something complete, closing the song on anticipation rather than resolution.