Lyrics
Verse 1
When I get where I'm going
On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly
Verse 2
I'm gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain
Verse 3
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years
And I'll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah when I get where I'm going
Don't cry for me down here
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Meaning & Inspiration
Structured entirely as anticipation, the song never describes a present hardship directly — everything is framed by what happens after arrival, not by what precedes it. Wings, flight, and a landscape without struggle recall Isaiah 40:31's image of mounting up on wings, though the song stays closer to Revelation 21:4's promise that former things — sin, struggle, tears of grief — will have passed away, replaced with only "happy tears."
Paul's confidence in 2 Corinthians 5:8 about being at home with the Lord sits near the same territory: departure reframed as arrival rather than loss. The final line, addressed to whoever might grieve, asks for that grief to be set aside, treating death less as an ending to mourn than a threshold already crossed toward something better. Nothing in the lyrics argues the case theologically; the song simply describes what waits on the other side as settled fact, offered as comfort rather than proof.
Related Scripture
- Revelation 21:4 God will wipe away every tear; former things will have passed away.
- 2 Corinthians 5:8 Away from the body and at home with the Lord.