Lyrics
Verse 1
If oceans were filled with ink, and the sky were a blank page
Still I would run out of space, tell of all this love
Chorus 1
Forever will never be long enough, to come to the end of an endless love
Pour out songs like the oil from the widow's jar
Verse 2
If ev'ry leaf on the trees, were the notes of a symphony
And ev'ry season would bring, new songs the wind would sing
Chorus 2
Forever will never be long enough, to come to the end of an endless love
Pour out songs like the oil from the widow's jar
It'll never run dry
Bridge
All the way back all the way back, all the way back to my first love
All the way back all the way back, all the way back to my first love
Verse 3
Thought I had to be strong to somehow earn this love
And the truth has been all along, only have to fall
I want to fall
Tag 2
I am falling in to my first love
All the way back all the way back, all the way back to my first love
Outro
Face to face, face to face, there's nothing separating us
There's no sin, there's no shame, all the way back to the Father
Face to face falling in, I surrender all again
I fall back into Your arms, I feel Your heart beating against me
Face to face, there's no space between us
There's no space between us
Through the blood through the water, through the grace
We come back to the father, through the blood through the water
I'm born again, I'm falling in, ev'rything I lost in the garden
I find again in the father, ev'rything I gave away
Grace returns to me today
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“First Love” describes a return to the Father’s love after striving to earn what can only be received as grace. Images of oceans filled with ink, a sky made into a page, and leaves becoming musical notes portray that love as beyond complete description. The widow’s jar supplies another fitting image: praise keeps pouring out because the source does not run dry. The song’s movement from effort to surrender gives its central confession a clear spiritual focus.\n\nThe closing lines gather the song around reconciliation, new birth, and restored closeness with the Father. References to blood, water, grace, and the loss of the garden place that homecoming within a broad biblical story without reducing it to a single image. The declaration that sin and shame no longer separate the worshipper closely echoes biblical assurance about God’s inseparable love. As the repeated phrase “all the way back” returns, the lyric becomes a prayer of surrender and renewed trust rather than a claim of personal strength.
Related Scripture
- 2 Kings 4:1-7 The widow’s oil does not run out while vessels remain to receive it.
- Romans 8:38-39 Paul teaches that nothing can separate believers from God’s love.
- Luke 15:20-24 The father welcomes his returning child with compassion and restoration.