Flood by Jars of Clay

Funny thing about this song is I never realized it was a Christian song until a few years ago. The local rock station that I used to listen to all the time played it so I just assumed it was regular Rock. I believe it came up who sang it at one point, and I was pretty sure Jars of Clay was a Christian group, Either way, I love this song. It's one of those songs that has a nice slow start, then kicks it in quickly. It's also one of those songs that get's stuck in my head and my wife usually ends up yelling at me to shut up.

This is the only Jars of Clay song I have on this blog. I never got into them back when I listened to Christian Music, I think they may have actually started to come out just as I was getting away from the genre. If you know any other good songs by them, let me know and I'll check them out. I really like this song so I can't imagine they don't have others that I like.

Rain, rain on my face

It hasn't stopped raining for days

My world is a flood

Slowly I become one with the mud

[Chorus:]

But if I can't swim after forty days

and my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves

Lift me up so high that I cannot fall

Lift me up

Lift me up - when I'm falling

Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying

Lift me up - I need you to hold me

Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again

Downpour on my soul

Splashing in the ocean, I'm losing control

Dark sky all around

I can't feel my feet touching the ground

[Chorus]

Calm the storms that drench my eyes

Dry the streams still flowing

Cast down all the waves of sin

And guilt that overthrow me

[Chorus]

Lift me up - when I'm falling

Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying

Lift me up - I need you to hold me

Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again

• This is the 62nd song on this blog.
• This is the first song by Jars of Clay on this blog.
• This is the second song released in 1995 on this blog.
• This is the 10th song listed in the Christian genre on this blog.