"Holy Water" peaked at #2 on the Billboard Christian charts. Its eponymous album rose to #4 on Billboard's top Christian albums charts. In addition to winning the GMA Dove award for Pop/Contemporary album of the year, this album also received a Grammy for top Christian album of the year. This week we're taking a deep dive into the lyrics and talking about the concept of holy water in the Bible and in various Christian traditions. We also discuss the idea of "improving upon" one's "baptism" and how the lyrics of this song may be influenced by the psalms. 

Lyric video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xhhG1Hyos

Dr. Todd Grande's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMkrosLHIEs

Lyrics:

God, I'm on my knees again

God, I'm begging please again

I need You

Oh, I need You

Walking down these desert roads

Water for my thirsty soul

I need You

Oh, I need You

Your forgiveness

Is like sweet, sweet honey on my lips

Like the sound of a symphony to my ears

Like holy water on my skin, hey!

Dead man walking, slave to sin

I wanna know about being born again

I need You

Oh, God, I need You

So, take me to the riverside

Take me under, baptize

I need You

Oh, God, I need You, oh-oh

I don't wanna abuse Your grace

God, I need it every day

It's the only thing that ever really

Makes me wanna change