Lyrics
Verse 1
I give you my attention, all my focus
Pushing off the limits in this moment
I feel Your Spirit moving all around me
Come and have Your way
I'm looking at the dry bones, You're reviving
This faith inside of my soul, You're igniting
You're calling me to levels that are higher
I can see Your face
Pre-Chorus
When I set my eyes on You
Chorus
Everything else fades
When I look Your way
Everything else fades
When I look Your way
Everything else fades
(Instrumental)
Verse 2
To gaze upon Your beauty, full of wonder
The world falling behind me, there's no other
No other name like Your name, and there's nothing
That can take Your place
Pre-Chorus
When I set my eyes on You
Chorus
Everything else fades
When I look Your way
Everything else fades
When I look Your way
Everything else fades
(Instrumental)
Bridge
Dancing in the light of Your glory
Joy is awakening
Rising like the sun every morning
Hope is alive in me
Dancing in the light of Your glory
Joy is awakening
Rising like the sun every morning
Hope is alive in me
Pre-Chorus
When I set my eyes on You
When I set my eyes on You (When I set)
When I set my eyes on You
Chorus
Everything else fades
When I look Your way
Everything else fades
When I look Your way
Everything else fades
(Instrumental)
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Meaning & Inspiration
This worship song describes the effect of fixing attention on God. The first verse speaks of giving full focus, sensing the Spirit "moving all around me", and looking at "the dry bones" while asking God to revive them. The pre-chorus and chorus then state the result in simple terms: "When I set my eyes on You", "Everything else fades".
The second verse turns toward gazing on God's beauty and says there is "no other name like Your name". The bridge changes the mood from stillness to movement, with images of dancing in the light of God's glory, joy awakening, and hope rising "like the sun every morning". Short instrumental breaks follow each chorus and give room for the repeated line to settle.
The dry bones image comes from Ezekiel 37, and the wish to gaze on beauty is close to Psalm 27:4, though the lyrics only allude to these passages without quoting them.
Related Scripture
- Ezekiel 37:4-5 God speaks life into dry bones, the image named in the first verse.
- Psalm 27:4 The psalmist longs to gaze on the beauty of the Lord.
- Hebrews 12:2 Believers are urged to fix their eyes on Jesus.