Lyric How Can I Keep from Singing

My life goes on in endless song
above earth s lamentations,
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.


Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear it s music ringing,
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?


While though the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
And though the darkness round me close,
songs in the night it giveth.


No storm can shake my inmost calm,
while to that rock I m clinging.
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
how can I keep from singing?


When tyrants tremble in their fear
and hear their death knell ringing,
when friends rejoice both far and near
how can I keep from singing?


In prison cell and dungeon vile
our thoughts to them are winging,
when friends by shame are undefiled
how can I keep from singing?