---
title: "Into the Light (Elke dag een beetje meer)"
artist: "Derk de Geus"
key: "Am"
tags: ["singing circle", "dutch", "devotional", "participatory", "original"]
description: "A gentle bilingual circle song — every day a little more, dissolving into the heart of love and into radiant light."
tradition: "Contemporary Sacred"
date_added: "2026-07-19"
---

## About this song

The English and Dutch verses share the same melody and chords — sing them in either language or alternate.

```chords
[English]
Am          G
Every day a little more
  Dm
I fall into
    Fmaj7    E7
The heart of love

Am            G
Deeper, deeper, on and on
  Dm
I dissolve
    Fmaj7    E7
Into the light

[Nederlands]
Am           G
Elke dag een beetje meer
  Dm
Verlies ik mij
       Fmaj7      E7
in het Hart van liefde

Am         G
Dieper, dieper, door en door
  Dm
los ik op
   Fmaj7     E7
in stralend licht
```