Lyric discussion by jobezark 

Cover art for Dam Would Break lyrics by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Great bass line in this song. Anyways, the lyrics would seem to indicate that the "storyteller" is gradually growing farther away from God.

"And if my lips could only speak the name // the dam would break"

and

"If my mind could only loose the chain // the dam would break"

say to me that once he falls into a Godless life he would "flood" into a world of sin.