This Side of Heaven expresses heartfelt worship through brokenness, costly sacrifice, and unshakable hope before breakthrough. With themes of faith, surrender, and eternal longing, the song beautifully bridges earthly struggle and heavenly glory.
VERSE 1
It’s an honest heart I bring
When my faith is just a seed
This sacrifice of worship I’ll bring
Still You’ll find me on my knees
From this alabaster box
I’ll waste every single drop
When it is costly, I’ll give You all of me
Right here at Your feet I fall
CHORUS
Holy, my heart will sing, Holy
With praise on the earth that the angels don’t know
It’s desperate, it’s broken, and searching for hope
Still I’ll sing Holy on this side of Heaven
VERSE 2
It’s a choice I’m gonna make
It’s the narrow road I’ll take
Before the breakthrough, before the dawn
In the midnight hour I’ll say
BRIDGE
One day we’ll be dancing on streets made of gold
We’ll join with the angels surrounding Your throne
No sickness, no suffering, our tears will be gone
But on this side of Heaven we’ll lift up our song
Hope Before the Breakthrough
“When my faith is just a seed” reflects a humble and honest admission of small, developing faith. Scripture affirms that even faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains (Matthew 17:20), showing that God honors sincere belief, no matter how small.
“From this alabaster box, I’ll waste every single drop” echoes Mary’s act of pouring expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet (John 12:3). It signifies costly, wholehearted worship—giving Jesus our best without reservation.
“Before the breakthrough, before the dawn” expresses faith and worship before deliverance. Habakkuk 3:17–18 models this kind of praise, declaring trust and rejoicing in God even when circumstances are bleak.
“We’ll join with the angels surrounding Your throne” points to the eternal worship in heaven described in Revelation 5:11–13, where all creation joins in glorifying God.
The song’s central theme is worship from a broken and longing heart on earth, contrasted with the perfect worship in heaven. Its theology embraces the “already but not yet” tension of Christian life—hope amid hardship, worship amid waiting. The song aligns with Scripture, encouraging sacrificial worship (Romans 12:1), perseverance (James 1:12), and eternal hope (Revelation 21:4), with no contradictions present.
Relevant Bible Verses about This Side of Heaven
He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20 WEB
Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. John 12:3 WEB
I looked, and I heard around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been slain to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”
Every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, I heard saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!” Revelation 5:11–13 WEB
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4 WEB
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This Side of Heaven lyrics and music by Sarah Reeves, McKendree Tucker, 2023.
▷ Scripture quotations taken from the World English Bible (WEB), which is in the public domain.