Sara received her Bachelor of Science degree in History and English in 1994 from Evangel University, a private Christian university in Springfield, Missouri. Sara spent four years teaching high school in Rosemount, Minnesota before recording her first album, Past the Wishing, in 1998. Since then, she has released five more albums and appeared on several others (see below). Sara has been nominated for 3 Dove Awards including "New Artist of the Year" in 2002 and "Special Event Album of the Year 2003" by the Gospel Music Association. She was named one of the best Christian music artists of 2005 and the album, Add to the Beauty, was named "Album of the Year" for 2005 by CCM Magazine. In 2009 Fireflies & Songs earned enough votes from a panel of ten music critics to be named Christianity Today's Album of the Year. The magazine explained their choice: "Already known for her transparent songwriting, Sara Groves gets even more piercingly honest on this, her ninth album. Whether her relationship with God, marital tension, or a private battle with anxiety, it's poetically spilled forth in Groves' call for the church to 'live confessionally.' And paired with less poppy, stripped-down arrangements, her achingly clear vocal remains front and center. This is vintage Groves—yet more herself than ever."
Going Home
Sara Groves Lyrics
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I've been feeling out of place
I can hear a distant singing
A song that I can't write
And it echoes of what I'm always trying to say
There's a feeling I can't capture
It's always just a prayer away
I want to know the ending
But I guess that's the point of hoping anyway
Of going home, I'll meet you at the table
Going home, I'll meet you in the air
And you are never too young to think about it
Oh, I cannot wait to be home
I'm confined by my senses
To really know what you are like
You are more than I can fathom
And more than I can guess
And more than I can see with you in sight
But I have felt you with my spirit
I have felt you fill this room
And this is just an invitation
Just a sample of the whole
And I cannot wait to be going home
Going home, I'll meet you at the table
Going home, I'll meet you in the air
And you are never too young to think about it
Oh, I cannot wait to be going, to be going home
Face to face, how can it be
Face to face, how can it be
Face to face, how can it be
Cause this is just an invitation
Just a sample of the whole
And I cannot wait to be going home
In Sara Groves's song "Going Home," she expresses a sense of restlessness and a feeling of being out of place. She hears a distant singing of a song that she cannot write, and it echoes of what she is always trying to say. She longs for the ending and things hoped for but not seen. Groves is aware that hoping is the point, and she cannot wait to go home where she will meet her loved ones at the table and in the air.
Groves acknowledges that her senses confine her to know what God is like; however, she has felt God with her spirit and has felt him fill the room. She knows that God is more than she can fathom, guess, or see with her eyes, and she is just getting a sample of the whole. Face to face with God is something indescribable, and she cannot wait to go home.
The song "Going Home" is an invitation to contemplate one's ultimate destination and the long-awaited reunion with loved ones in heaven. While life can feel restless or disorienting, Groves reminds us that there is a home waiting for us, and we are never too young to think about it.
Line by Line Meaning
I've been feeling kind of restless
I am feeling uneasy and dissatisfied
I've been feeling out of place
I feel like I don't belong
I can hear a distant singing
I can perceive a faraway melody
A song that I can't write
A tune that I cannot compose
And it echoes of what I'm always trying to say
It resonates with the message I'm always attempting to convey
There's a feeling I can't capture
There is an emotion I cannot grasp
It's always just a prayer away
It's reachable by a simple prayer
I want to know the ending
I wish to learn the conclusion
Things hoped for but not seen
The things I wished for but haven't witnessed
But I guess that's the point of hoping anyway
But I suppose that is the purpose of hope
Of going home, I'll meet you at the table
When I return home, I will see you sitting at the table
Going home, I'll meet you in the air
When I go to heaven, I will meet you in the sky
And you are never too young to think about it
You are never too young to consider returning home
Oh, I cannot wait to be home
I am eager to return home
I'm confined by my senses
My senses restrict me
To really know what you are like
To truly understand how you are
You are more than I can fathom
You are beyond my comprehension
And more than I can guess
And beyond my conjectures
And more than I can see with you in sight
And beyond what I can perceive with you in view
But I have felt you with my spirit
But I have sensed you with my soul
I have felt you fill this room
I have sensed your presence in this room
And this is just an invitation
This is just a request
Just a sample of the whole
Merely a part of the entirety
And I cannot wait to be going home
And I am eager to return home
Face to face, how can it be
Meeting you face to face, how is it possible?
Face to face, how can it be
Meeting you face to face, how is it possible?
Face to face, how can it be
Meeting you face to face, how is it possible?
Cause this is just an invitation
Because this is only a request
Just a sample of the whole
Only a fraction of the entirety
And I cannot wait to be going home
And I am eager to return home
Lyrics © MUSIC SERVICES, INC.
Written by: SARA GROVES
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roger shirley
To bad everybody doesn't know your music which is who you are. So honest and from the heart.I have been playing music for over 50 years and your music has touched as much as the Beatles did when I was 12. Truly greatness. God has touched you. You are blessed.
Mandy Kahn
I had this song at my late husband's funeral. 18 years later, it still hits me.
Melanie Arndt
thank you for signing at my sisters funeral in 2000 she was the best and when I HEAR your song, I just melt...... I miss her so much, she was the best. We hope you are doing well! Love you, Melanie
Anita Easterday
Was my mom's favorite song..wanted my sister to play it when they showed the slide show... she didn't..long story....my mom committed suicide...😢💔🌼🌈🙏❤️
anthony acosta
This, song was, sung at my, son's funeral and thank you, Sara, Chris was only 16 yrs old, now, he iis at home.
Kristen James
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Sina The Qween
This is such a lovely song and I'm looking for a track.
Gerald Ndubisi
Healing . Good for home sick
Gerald Ndubisi
Thank you Ryanne
Pfsif
Homesick!