Have you ever had something happen that felt too big for you to hold?

When I first wrote The Flood, it was inspired by the Tower card in Tarot. Even if Tarot isn’t your thing, the image is unforgettable: lightning striking a tower, people tumbling from the wreckage.

It’s a symbol of those moments when everything we’ve built: our plans, identities, illusions…comes crashing down.

I’ve been drawn to writing about those threshold moments. Especially right now, as we face literal floods, tornadoes, fires, war, and so much instability, it’s hard not to feel like we’re all living through our own Tower card in real time.

But I didn’t know this song would become the one I needed most.

Just a few weeks ago, I found myself in my own personal storm. A loved one was suddenly in the hospital, facing a life-threatening emergency. The days blurred into sleepless nights: hospital corridors, critical decisions, second opinions.

I tried to hold everything together, but underneath, my body was frozen with fear, every muscle bracing for the worst.

A tidal wave’s coming

So you start bracing,

Ready to hold it all back

Alone in the fight without even a light

Will it all fade to black?

Do we cling tighter when things fall apart?

Or is there another way—to feel it fully, and let it move through us?

If you’ve ever heard the phrase “you have to feel it to heal it,” this song is about exactly that.

Letting the grief, rage, and fear wash over you: not to drown you, but to make space for something new. But sometimes it feels like it might drown you so you resist and resist.

When I finally surrendered and felt it, something shifted.

And in that clearing, everything gets stripped away except human connection and love.

Suddenly making eyes with a complete stranger feels deep and meaningful as if the shared experience of being human suddenly stops time. What matters in life is suddenly so much clearer.

The flood will come

And wash away everything you’re holding onto

There’s nothing you can do

But love runs deeper than you know

So it’s ok to let go

I co-produced The Flood with LAEL, and we wanted the sound to feel big—like an emotional tidal wave.

Because that’s what it is.

A catharsis. A release. A reckoning. A reminder that when everything gets stripped away, the what’s most real and important comes to the surface with total clarity. That sometimes even when it feels like the world is ending, the love underneath can hold us through.

If you’re in the midst of your own flood, I hope this song helps hold you on your way through.

🎵 The Flood is out next Friday (And yes… the song officially drops Friday the 13th 😅)

🎤 Join me for the release show on June 12 at The Midway in San Francisco.

📀 Pre-save the song here.