Lyrics
Verse 1
Oh, I'm a traveler far from home
I get lost but I press on
There's a mansion in streets of gold
Where I belong
Verse 2
Yes, there's a day coming soon
Where the old will be made new
And Heaven's glory shines like the morning
Before our eyes
Chorus
When we all see Jesus
When we all see Jesus
No more sickness, no more madness, no more pain
When we all see Jesus face to face
Verse 3
Then we will sing with angel voices
There will be a great rejoicing
Holy holy, worthy worthy
Is the Lamb, oh
Chorus (Repeat)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Face to Face" opens by describing life as travel through unfamiliar territory, admitting getting lost while still pressing forward toward a described destination, a mansion built of streets of gold. That travel metaphor frames the entire song around anticipated arrival rather than present comfort.
Its chorus names that arrival specifically as seeing Jesus, repeating the phrase "face to face" and listing what will end at that moment, sickness, madness, pain, language echoing a well-known promise that a future day will remove every former source of suffering. A later verse adds angelic worship to that anticipated scene, borrowing the declaration "holy, holy, worthy, worthy" from a vision of heavenly praise directed at a lamb.
Rooted in contemporary country-gospel crossover tradition, the song functions as an anticipatory hymn about heaven, its repeated chorus treating direct, unmediated sight of Jesus, rather than mere arrival in heaven, as the central hope toward which the entire journey moves.
Related Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 13:12 Describes seeing face to face rather than dimly, directly echoed in the song's title and chorus.
- Revelation 21:4 Describes no more pain, sorrow, or death, echoed in the song's chorus listing sickness, madness, and pain as ended.