My Beautiful Reward Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cubfever7 

Cover art for My Beautiful Reward lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

My Beautiful Reward is another way of saying eternal reward or Heaven. We go through life looking for satisfaction from material things, but it never works. ("my own drug to ease the pain that living brings") Jesus said to store up your riches in heaven and here on earth.

"Up on a hill, a sacred light shines" This is the house of God the Father--God has been referred to as The Light. Jesus said in John's Gospel--"in My Father's house are many rooms--I go there to prepare a place for you." The song says "I went down hallways from room to room, but none of then are mine." Perhaps the person does not fell like they're good enough for heaven and there is no room for them?

After this, the next two verses stump me and don't fit in with my theory on the first--so I could be completely wrong :c-)