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We Turn Our Eyes
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Sep 27, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Tommee Profitt builds this worship anthem around the old invitation to fix your gaze on Jesus, opening with a direct question to a weary soul who can't find light in the darkness. The answer arrives immediately: there is light in a look at the Savior, and life that is more abundant and free. That simple exchange — turning the eyes — becomes the song's engine. The chorus repeats the turn like a heartbeat, watching darkness bow to light and declaring that love has overcome the night, with the promise that those who follow will rise too. The second verse walks through death into life everlasting, following Christ through the grave and out the other side, where sin no longer holds dominion and believers stand as more than conquerors. The bridge slows into the familiar hymn line about looking full in His wonderful face, letting earthly things grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. The closing verse leans on the reliability of His Word, urging belief and then sending the listener out to a dying world to tell of perfect salvation. It's a song that moves from personal weariness to public witness without losing its central image.
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O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see
There is light for a look at the Savior
And life more abundant and free
We turn our eyes, we turn our eyes
See the darkness bow to light
And we will rise, and we will rise
Love has overcome the night
Through death into life everlasting
He passed and we follow Him there
And over us, sin no more has dominion
For more than conquerors we are
We turn our eyes, we turn our eyes
See the darkness bow to light
And we will rise, and we will rise
Love has overcome the night
We turn our eyes, we turn our eyes
See the darkness bow to light
And we will rise, and we will rise
Love has overcome the night!
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
In the light of His glory and grace
In the light of His glory and grace!
We turn our eyes, we turn our eyes
See the darkness bow to light
And we will rise, and we will rise
Love has overcome the night
We turn our eyes, we turn our eyes
See the darkness bow to light
And we will rise, and we will rise
Love has overcome the night!
He's overcome
He's overcome
His Word shall not fail you, He promised
Believe Him, and all will be well
Then go to a world that is dying
His perfect salvation to tell