McComas later attended college, but soon dropped out to move to Nashville, Tennessee. McComas briefly signed to Mercury Records, before he landed a deal with Lyric Street in 2001, charting the singles "Night Disappear With You" and "I Could Never Love You Enough". In 2003, he landed his first Top 10, "99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)" and the follow up "You're in My Head", a #21 hit on the country charts. Another single for Lyric Street, "The Middle of Nowhere", fell short of the Top 40, and Lyric Street dropped him not long afterward. He later signed to Katapult Records, where he released Back Up Again, his second album.
All Comes Floodin' Down
Brian McComas Lyrics
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We'd been dry for seven weeks or more
Now it ain't stopped for thirteen days
I guess he got what he was prayin' for
So go tell the boys in the canyon
And go tell the boys at the mill
We'll throw the sand into those bags
And fight this thing until it all comes floodin' down
There's not much time left we can buy
The water's strong and on the rise
Pretty soon the dam will yield
To it's weight and drown the fields
So go tell the boys in the canyon
And go tell the boys at the mill
We'll throw the sand into those bags
And fight this thing until it all comes floodin' down
When the water comes
It takes everything you know
The houses and the harvest
Your sanity and soul
With a muddy rush
It'll baptize this whole town
When it all comes floodin' down
The preacher's on his knees again
He's prayin' for the rain to end
Now we did all that we could do
But still the water broke on through
It took all the boys in the canyon
It took all those boys from the mill
Who threw the sand into those bags
And fought that thing until it all came floodin' down
It all came floodin' down
It all came floodin' down
The lyrics of Brian McComas's song, "All Comes Floodin' Down," narrate a story of a town in dire need of rain. The preacher prayed for a month to end the seven weeks of dryness. However, the rain does not stop, and now they face an impending disaster. They know that they have to act fast, or the water will be too strong that it will drown everything in the town. The dam is about to break, and everybody knows that they have to fight it until the end.
The song is a metaphor for the struggles of life. When everything seems to fall apart, we must fight it until the end. The lyrics' imagery expresses the feeling of impending doom and the urgency of the situation. It tells us that even in the bleakest moments, we have to keep going and fight with all our might.
Line by Line Meaning
The preacher prayed a month for rain
The preacher asked for rainfall for a long time
We'd been dry for seven weeks or more
Before the rain came, it was dry for at least seven weeks
Now it ain't stopped for thirteen days
It's been raining without stopping for the last 13 days
I guess he got what he was prayin' for
The preacher's prayer was answered and it rained heavily
So go tell the boys in the canyon
Inform the men working in the canyon
And go tell the boys at the mill
Inform the men working at the mill
We'll throw the sand into those bags
We'll put sandbags in place to fight against the flood
And fight this thing until it all comes floodin' down
We'll continue to fight against the flood till it subsides completely
There's not much time left we can buy
The time to prepare is running out
The water's strong and on the rise
The water is getting stronger and approaching dangerously
Pretty soon the dam will yield
It won't be long before the dam breaks
To it's weight and drown the fields
The pressure and volume of water will destroy the fields
When the water comes
When the flood happens
It takes everything you know
The flood takes away everything you are familiar with
The houses and the harvest
The flood destroys the homes and the crops
Your sanity and soul
The flood erodes your mental stability and spirit
With a muddy rush
The flood occurs with a sudden muddy force
It'll baptize this whole town
The town will be immersed completely in water
The preacher's on his knees again
The preacher is praying fervently yet again
He's prayin' for the rain to end
The preacher hopes for the rain to stop
Now we did all that we could do
We have done everything in our capacity
But still the water broke on through
Despite our efforts, the water overpowered and broke through the barriers
It took all the boys in the canyon
The men working in the canyon were all affected by the flood
It took all those boys from the mill
The men working at the mill were all affected by the flood
Who threw the sand into those bags
The same men who piled up sandbags to battle against the flood
And fought that thing until it all came floodin' down
They continued battling the flood till it finally overwhelmed and flooded everything
It all came floodin' down
The flood eventually inundated everything with water
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group
Written by: BRIAN MCCOMAS
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