Already Watching the Road — A Prodigal Son Worship Song

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The father saw him when he was still a great way off. He didn't wait — he ran. An original worship song from Luke 15. We wrote this after making a video about the prodigal son, and one line wouldn't leave us alone: he SAW him. A great way off. You only see somebody at that distance if you've been standing there watching the road — every evening, for months, before he ever turned around. That's the whole song. Grace got there first. And there's a second son in it too — the one who never left, standing outside the party with his arms crossed, keeping a ledger. The father went out for him as well. 🎥 The full teaching this song came from: You Know the Prodigal Son. You Missed Why the Father Runs. → https://youtu.be/ewCLvipt6RQ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LYRICS [Verse 1] I asked for what was coming like I wished that you were gone I carried it to a far country and I burned through it by dawn I called that country freedom till the freedom wore me down and I knelt in a stranger's field where the husks were the only sound [Pre-Chorus] So I built the speech in pieces "I have sinned" — and a way to pay make me like a hired servant and I priced it all the way [Chorus] But you were already watching the road long before I turned around while I was still a great way off you were already running I barely got the first words out you were already watching the road [Verse 2] So I got up — that was all I had and I turned toward home with empty hands I came back wearing nothing but the smell of where I'd been I had a price to buy my way in you never let me begin you put the robe around my shoulders before I got it out you pressed your seal into my hand you gave me shoes, and servants went barefoot you were saying son out loud [Bridge] And I have been the other son arms crossed outside the door counting up my faithful years like it made me something more I kept a ledger in my hand and I called that ledger love Father, I have been them both and you came out for both of us And the running wasn't free you did not spare your own Son Jesus, you came into the far country and you carried me home you came the long way down and you carried me home [Final Chorus] You were already watching the road long before I turned around while I was still a great way off you were already running I never had to buy my way in you were already watching the road [Outro] You were already watching you didn't stop at forgiven — you said alive you were already watching the road ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Scripture: Luke 15:11-32 (KJV) · John 10:9 · Romans 8:32 Every verse quoted is King James Version, public domain. Original song. Lyrics written for Faith Is Fire. Music and vocal produced with AI. 💛 If what you're carrying tells you every day that you're disqualified — not just that you failed, but that you're beyond loving — that voice is not the Father in this story. Say it out loud to someone safe. 📩 The Fire Circle — our weekly letter: https://faithisfire.com/the-fire-circle/en 🌐 https://faithisfire.com #WorshipSong #ProdigalSon #Luke15

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