The Flood Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Lavana1111 

Cover art for The Flood lyrics by Katie Melua

I think that this is a song about being at peace with the bad things that can happen in a lifetime. To me, it is about letting go of those pains and searching for a better place inside. It is natural to have moments that make you cry, and just as fast as you choose to cry, you can choose to find peace in it and be happy again... Just let go of your ego and listen to your heart.

@Lavana1111 yes... yes... sometimes people engage in affairs for years and years - like long marriages or a profession - they transform that in the idealized pathway of their lifes an hold themselves onto that for a decade or more until everything collapses and, then, they start to blame themselves for that - they look for someone or for a moment or a decision in particular to blame, trying obsesssively to find the cause of it because it was a horrible injure to the image that they created of themselves.

They create a image of themselves and hold themselves onto...