Lyrics
Don’t drop a single anchor
We’re almost home
Through every toil and danger
We’re almost home
How many pilgrim saints have before us gone?
No stopping now
We’re almost home
That promised land is callin’
We’re almost home
And not a tear shall fall then
We’re almost home
Make ready now your souls for that kingdom come
No turning back
We’re almost home
Almost home
We’re almost home
So press on toward that blessed shore
O praise the Lord
We’re almost home
This journey ours together
We’re almost home
Unto that great forever
We’re almost home
What song anew we’ll sing ‘round that happy throne
Come faint of heart
We’re almost home
Almost home
We’re almost home
So press on toward that blessed shore
O praise the Lord
We’re almost home
This life is just a vapor
We’re almost home
That sun is settin’ yonder
We’re almost home
Take courage, for this darkness shall break to dawn
O lift your eyes
We’re almost home
Almost home
We’re almost home
So press on toward that blessed shore
O praise the Lord
We’re almost home
Almost home
We’re almost home
So press on toward that blessed shore
O praise the Lord
We’re almost home
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Meaning & Inspiration
Almost Home uses the language of pilgrimage to portray Christian perseverance and hope. Anchors, danger, a distant shore, and the setting sun place earthly life within a passage toward God’s promised kingdom. The recurring phrase “almost home” gives encouragement without denying toil, darkness, or weariness along the way.
The song also presents that passage as shared. Earlier saints have completed it, present believers travel together, and the fainthearted are called to take courage. Its command to press on echoes the New Testament picture of pursuing the heavenly goal, while the image of life as vapor keeps human mortality in view.
Hope reaches its clearest expression in the expectation of a kingdom where tears cease and praise surrounds the throne. Darkness will give way to dawn, and present hardship will not endure forever. The refrain therefore joins endurance with worship: confidence rests not in an easy road, but in the Lord who brings his people toward their promised home.
Related Scripture
- Philippians 3:14 Paul describes pressing toward the goal of God’s heavenly call in Christ.
- Revelation 21:4 God’s promised future is pictured as a place without death, mourning, or tears.
- James 4:14 Human life is compared to a vapor that appears briefly and vanishes.