“‘Deep Flooding Waters’ was inspired by a devastating flooding event that took place in Canada in the summer of 2013. On tour at the time, the group found themselves trapped in Canmore, Alberta, as record rainfall caused the Bow River to spill over its banks. Holed up in a single hotel room with ano...
[Verse 1: Ryan Boldt]
Oh the rain it was falling, the thunder it was crashing
The waters were rising and the wind didn't blow
Two feet of water is coming up beside me
It's coming up beside me and it's threatening my home
[Chorus: Ryan Boldt and Kacy Lee Anderson]
Oh lord won't you hold back those deep flooding waters
Those deep flooding waters are bringing me down
[Verse 2: Ryan Boldt]
As the storm rages to the next town over
There's floods in the streets, and it's wrecked all our homes
There's no way in and there's no way out
Those deep flooding waters have washed away the roads
[Chorus: Ryan Boldt and Kacy Lee Anderson]
Oh lord won't you hold back those deep flooding waters
Those deep flooding waters are bringing me down
[Verse 3: Ryan Boldt]
Our river is rising, the land is a shifting
Those deep flooding waters are taking my home
The children are leaving and the mothers are alone
People's possessions have been lost in the flood
[Chorus: Ryan Boldt and Kacy Lee Anderson]
Oh lord won't you hold back those deep flooding waters
Those deep flooding waters are bringing me down
Deep Flooding Waters was written by Ryan Boldt.
The Deep Dark Woods released Deep Flooding Waters on Fri Oct 13 2017.