Originally from their debut self-titled album, this song expresses awe at how simple and strange the crucifixion of Jesus was, and how it’s the one thing that they hold as true with certainty.
[Intro]
Yeah (Yeah, yeah)
[Verse 1]
Arms nailed down, are you telling me something?
Eyes turned out, are you looking for someone?
[Chorus]
This is the one thing (The one thing)
The one thing that I know
[Verse 2]
Blood-stained brow, are you dying for nothing?
Flesh and blood, is it so elemental?
[Chorus]
And this is the one thing (The one thing)
The one thing that I know
This is the one thing (This is the one thing)
The one thing that I know
[Verse 3]
Blood-stained brow, He wasn't broken for nothing
Arms nailed down, He didn't die for nothing (He didn't die for nothing)
[Chorus]
This is the one thing (The one thing)
The one thing that I know
This is the one thing (This is the one thing)
The one thing that I know
This is the one thing (And this is the one thing)
The one thing that I know
This is the one thing (This is the one thing)
The one thing that I know
[Outro]
One thing
Liquid was written by Matt Odmark & Dan Haseltine & Stephen Mason & Charlie Lowell.
Liquid was produced by Adrian Belew.