Light and Life Songs No. 2 ‎#74

74. Where Am I Drifting?

1 Dark, dark are the waters around me,
No star sheds a beam on my night;
Has darkness eternally bound me?
I’m drifting, I’m drifting from light.

Chorus:
Oh! where am I drifting?
Oh! where am I drifting
Oh! who can foretell me my doom?
Oh! where am I drifting?
Oh! where am I drifting?
Out into eternity’s gloom!

2 The highlands of heaven I’ve sighted,
Far from them I meaningless roam;
Its glories eternal I’ve slighted;
I’m drifting, I’m drifting from home. [Chorus]

3 No trace can I see of earth’s shore-lines,
No sound of her joys or her cares;
Alone on eternity’s confines,
I’m drifting, I’m drifting, oh! where? [Chorus]

4 The spell of eternity holds me,
Eternity’s secrets are near;
‘Tis sin’s gravitation controls me,
I’m drifting forever, I fear. [Chorus]

5 Back, back fly the curtains of darkness
Revealing eternity’s death;
Amid all that horror of blackness,
Alone and forever I drift. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Dark, dark are the waters around me
• Title: Where Am I Drifting?
• Author: V. A. D.
• Refrain First Line: Oh! where am I drifting
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1914

Tune Information

• Name: [Dark, dark are the waters around me]
• Composer: V. A. Dake