The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Saturday, May 19, 2018

Jars of Clay, "Flood"


As a reference for Boethius, The Consolation 1.21:

Jars of Clay, "Flood", from Jars of Clay (1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfAhpX_wIBk

Rain rain on my face
It hasn't stopped
Raining for days
My world is a flood
Slowly I become
One with the mud

But if I can't swim after forty days
And my mind is crushed
By the crashing 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 and keep me from drowning again

Downpour on my soul
Splashing in the ocean
I'm losing control
Dark sky all around
Can't feel my feet
Touching the ground

But if I can't swim after forty days
And my mind is crushed
By the crashing 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 and keep me from drowning again

Calm the storms that drench my eyes
And dry the streams still flowing
Casting down all waves of sin
And guilt that overthrows me. . .




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