When I Get Where I'm Going

Yeah, I'll admit it, I ALMOST shed a tear. Great song.

This is an amazing song of life and loss, and love and letting go.

i lol when i think this song was released after 'alcohol'

i like the cs lewis/aslan allusion in the first verse. ironic with the movie out and all.

this is poetry at its best.

This, to me, is kind of a good poem, yet still abstract. I don't doubt the emotional impact of this song. I cry almost every time I hear it, because it renews the faith in me that God is going to take care of me when I leave this earth. I could almost say I relate to the grandfather verse, but I did not have a relationship with my grandfather before he died, unfortunately. This is definitely an emotional piece, and one of the best confrontational pieces I've seen so far. Experiencing the death of a loved one is a very psychological experience, and pieces like this one effectively confront the part of you that wants to hide all that fear, anger, depression, or what have you, inside. Poetry confronting death is some of the most emotional work I've written and read.

This song means a lot to me seing how a close friend of mine died the day after it was released. he told his wife the night befor that this song was written foir him. he left behind a wife and 3 kids

Everytime I hear this song I think of my dad, even though we don't get along this is him to a tee. He has struggled alot of hardships in his life. He lost all 3 of his brothers before he turned 50. Both his parents and wife died in the same year yet he still continues on day by day. He has a lot of deamons and carries an immense amount of pain and regret on his shoulders for all of his should have's and if's. Whenever anyone asks him about how he makes it through it all he just says that the good lord blessed him with what he did have when he could have never given him any of it at all and that while he may have to suffer for some years to come right now he'll spend an eternity in bliss when he goes home to see them all again. When I hear this song it makes me cry, especially the part

I'm gonna walk with my grand daddy And he'll match me step for step And I'll tell him how I missed him Every minute since he left Then I'll hug his neck

he always called his dad granddaddy (the whole family did) and I know how much his dad meant to him and how much he still misses him to this day. This song just leaves me speechless.

My brother died on April 28, 2006 (last year) in a terrible car accident. This song reminds me of the peace he has now - no more suffering, no more pain. "But when I get where I'm going And I see my maker's face - I'll stand FOREVER in the light Of his amazing grace, Yeah when I get where I'm going - There'll be only happy tears - Hallelujah - I will love and have no fear... When I get where I'm going, Yeah when I get where I'm going

God bless you, Josh. I miss you - but I know I'll see you again someday...and when I do, I will hold you in my arms and give you one big heavenly hug :) Hugs to you from down here, little brother. Hugs.

When I listen to this song my emotions get all jumbled up, and I'm not sure whether I should cry tears of joy or sadness. The song makes mr happy and sad at the same time, and either way, I always end up shedding a few tears.