Katie Melua - The Flood Lyrics
Send this Ringtone to your CellBroken people get recycled
And I hope that I will.
Sometimes we're thrown off our pathways
What I thought was my way home
Wasn't the place I know
I'm certain nothing's certain
What we own becomes our prison
My possessions will be gone
Back to where they came from
Blame, no one is to blame
As natural as the rain that falls
Here comes the Flood again
See the rock that you hold onto
Is it gonna save you
When the earth begins to crumble?
Why d'you feel you have to hold on?
Imagine if you let go
Blame, no one is to blame
As natural as the rain that falls
Here comes the Flood again
Wash away the weight that pulls you down
Ride the waves that free you from the dusk?
Don't trust your eyes
Its easy to believe them
Know in your heart
That you can leave your prison
Don't trust your mind
It's not always listening
Turn on the lights
And feel the ancient rhythm
Don't trust your eyes
Its easy to believe them
Know in your heart
That you can leave your prison
Blame, no one is to blame
As natural as the rain that falls
Here comes the Flood again
Listen to "The Flood"
Song details
"The Flood" is a song performed by the Georgian-born, British singer Katie Melua and will be the lead single from her 4th studio album The House. It was released on the 17th May 2010 by Digital download and by CD on the 24th May. Parts of the song bear a striking resemblance to 'Green' by Edie Brickell.
The music video was directed by Kevin Godley, who has also directed videos for Eric Clapton and U2, as well as having directed the video for Melua's Nine Million Bicycles. It features Melua performing the song playing the piano on a spinning platform surrounded by male dancers.
Nick Levine of Digital Spy Blog gave the song a positive review stating: "No, I'm not afraid of changing," Katie Melua sings on the first verse of 'The Flood' – and there's no doubting her sincerity. Having cut loose from her musical mentor, Mike 'Remember You're A Womble' Batt, her upcoming album, The House, finds her teaming up with trendy electro producer William Orbit and co-writing with Guy Chambers, Lauren Christy from The Matrix and Polly Scattergood. Not unsurprisingly, this lead single has nothing whatsoever to do with the number of pedal-driven vehicles in an over-populated Chinese city.
Instead, it's an optimistic paean to the power of, well, change. "When the world begins to crumble, why'd you feel you have to hold on?" Melua inquires, before goading: "Imagine if you let go..." Musically, 'The Flood' is no less intriguing, beginning as an atmospheric, Middle Eastern-tinged pop ballad before morphing into something altogether sprightlier after a surprising mid-song tempo change. The result? Supremely elegant and subtly adventurous at the same time, suggesting Melua snipped those apron strings at precisely the right time."
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