This song is all about the reason we should desire heaven over earth. Not only is it going to be awesome, but it's the home of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
I talk to lots of people
Who say they wanna stay
There's nothin' better else where
It's a happy holiday
I just can't see
Why this place of birth
Is anything spectacular
Who wants to stay on earth?
But if you be askin' what I see
I tell you there jus' ain't nothin' down here for me
All you gotta do
Is take a look around
There's desperate, dying people
With heartache on the ground
News of famine, plague
Of wickedness and war
Terror on every side
And who wants to hear more?
But if you be askin' what I see
I tell you there jus' ain't nothin' down here for me
Because heaven is a better place
And I'll at last see my savior's face
There'll be tongues confessin'
And bendin', bowin' knees
I tell you there's just something up there for me