Lyrics
Verse 1
Remember when you first received your first love?
There was fire on your altar and oil in your lamp
Remember when you first received your first love?
There was fire on your altar and oil in your lamp
Chorus
Should the Lord tarry to come, will you still have oil in your lamp?
Should the Lord tarry to come, will you still have oil in your lamp?
Because soon and very soon, Jesus is coming very soon
Soon and very soon, (Oh, Jesus is coming back very soon)
I will hear well done, well done, when we are standing face to face
I will hear well done, well done, when we are standing face to face
Verse 2
Everything will fade, will fade away
Only You remain, You stay the same, Jesus, You yeah
(Everything will fade) The money, the fame will fade
It won't matter on that day
(Only You remain) You stay the same, yes
Chorus
Should the Lord tarry to come, will you still have oil in your lamp?
Should the Lord tarry to come, will you still have fire?
Soon and very soon, (Soon and very soon)
Jesus is coming back very soon
Get oil! Get oil now! (Soon and very soon)
For Jesus is coming back
I hear it! (I will hear well done)
Well done, well, when we are standing face to face
Oil overflows (I will hear well done)
Oil overflows, yeah, when we are standing face to face
Bridge
Mercy will no more be found
Oil will no more be found
So, prepare, prepare now, prepare now
Mercy will no more be found
Oil will no more be found
So, prepare, prepare, prepare
Outro
I've run back to my first love
My focus is You, only You
Jesus, my priority
I've prepared oil that overflows
Well done, well done, well done, well done
(I will hear well done)
When we are standing face to face
He's coming very soon
Jesus, yes!
When we are standing face to face
Soon and very soon
Yes, Jesus is coming back very soon
So, get oil, get oil now! (Soon and very soon)
For Jesus is coming back (Jesus is coming very soon)
I hear it (I will hear well done)
Well done, yeah (I will hear well done)
When we are standing face to face
Oil overflows (I will hear well done)
Oil overflows, when we are standing face to face
Soon and very soon, Jesus is coming back soon
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Very Soon” is a call to spiritual readiness shaped by the expectation of Christ’s return. The questions about oil in the lamp draw directly from Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins, where preparedness cannot be borrowed at the final moment. References to a first love, a burning altar, and a lamp filled with oil describe enduring devotion rather than brief enthusiasm. Money and fame are set beside the permanence of Jesus, placing temporary achievements in their proper perspective.
The repeated hope of hearing “well done” also recalls the commendation given to faithful servants in Matthew 25. At the same time, the lyric carries a sober warning: preparation belongs to the present, not to an unknown future opportunity. Its closing return to the first love suggests renewed focus and repentance. The song therefore combines anticipation with self-examination, presenting readiness as faithful attention to Jesus, sustained worship, and a life ordered around what remains when everything else fades.
Related Scripture
- Matthew 25:1-13 Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins uses lamps and oil to teach watchful readiness.
- Matthew 25:21 The faithful servant receives the commendation, ‘Well done.’
- Revelation 2:4-5 Christ calls the church in Ephesus to remember and return to its first love.