Stanza 1
The year a king died, slow, alone,
I saw the Lord upon a throne;
His robes had filled the temple dome —
High above the nations, Lord.
Refrain *(half the speed of the verse)*
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.
Stanza 2
A Seraph hovered, as he called,
its face and feet with wings enfold;
His mighty glory earth enthralled —
Most Holy be the Lord!
Refrain
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.
Stanza 3
The thresholds shaken by its call,
smoke filled the temple wall-to-wall;
With unclean lips of mine and all —
my eyes have seen the Lord!
Refrain
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.
Stanza 4
That selfsame throne, in heav'n, behold,
a rainbow made of stones untold;
as the elders cast their crowns of gold —
Power, honour, glory, Lord!
Refrain
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.
Stanza 5
Four-fold creatures — eyes that gaze,
day and the night and all their days,
threefold Holy chants they raise —
Who Was, Who Is, the Coming Lord.
Refrain
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.
My eyes have seen the Holy Lord —
earth and heaven, His Name adored.