LYRICS
VERSE 1
For the vision of the Bridegroom
Waits the well-beloved bride,
Severed only for a season
From her Well-beloved’s side.
For the hour when morn ascendeth,
And the shadows disappear,
For the signs of heavenly glory,
We are waiting, waiting here!
VERSE 2
For the coming of the Bridegroom,
Whom, though yet unseen we love,
For the King of saints, returning
In His glory from above;
For the shout that shakes the prison,
For the trumpet loud and clear,
For the voice of the archangel,
We are waiting, waiting here!
CHORUS
Morn of morns, it comes at last,
All the gloom of ages past.
For the day of days the brightest
We are waiting, waiting here!
VERSE 3
For the light beyond the darkness,
When the reign of sin is done,
When the storm has ceased its raging,
And the haven has been won;
For the joy beyond the sorrow,
Joy of the eternal year,
For the resurrection splendor
We are waiting, waiting here!
CHORUS
VERSE 4
For the day of ended battle,
For the victor’s palm and crown,
For the day of recognition,
When the King shall claim His own;
For the day when He who loved her
Shall in glory reappear,
For the day of revelation,
We are waiting, waiting here!
CHORUS
ENDING
We are waiting, waiting,
waiting, waiting here.
Text: “Until the Day Break” Horatius Bonar, 1890.
Music by Gary Brumley © 2015 New Moniker Music.
CCLI Song Number: 7064019
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ABOUT
This melody was written for Horatius Bonar’s beautiful text “Until the Day Break,” which reflects on the church waiting in anticipation for the “morn of morn” when the Lord returns for his people. The setting was shaped by the idea that the lyric “we are waiting, waiting here” would be sung on a single repeating note while the chords move beneath it. The music seeks to portray the Christian life of waiting with steadfast hope for the return of the Lord, while the world’s events and personal circumstances continually change beneath that steady expectation.
This sense of waiting is especially expressed in the song’s ending, where the refrain is drawn out and repeated over slow-moving chords, with a rising bass and a touch of musical dissonance that finally resolves on the word “here.” The song is offered as a reminder that the church’s citizenship is in heaven, and from it believers await their Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.