[00:10.340]My life goes on in endless song
[00:18.320]above earth’s lamentations,
[00:25.380]I hear the real, though far-off hymn
[00:33.040]that hails a new creation.
[00:41.540]Through all the tumult and the strife
[00:48.410]I hear it’s music ringing,
[00:54.560]It sounds an echo in my soul.
[01:03.100]How can I keep from singing?
[01:12.230]While though the tempest loudly roars,
[01:19.620]I hear the truth, it liveth.
[01:26.430]And though the darkness ’round me close,
[01:32.770]songs in the night it giveth.
[01:39.710]No storm can shake my inmost calm,
[01:46.570]while to that rock I’m clinging.
[01:53.260]Since love is lord of heaven and earth
[02:01.590]how can I keep from singing?
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[02:29.420]When tyrants tremble in their fear
[02:36.880]and hear their death knell ringing,
[02:44.140]when friends rejoice both far and near
[02:51.850]how can I keep from singing?
[02:59.230]In prison cell and dungeon vile
[03:06.320]our thoughts to them are winging,
[03:12.620]when friends by shame are undefiled
[03:20.810]how can I keep from singing?