"Fly" | ||||
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Single by Jars of Clay | ||||
from the album The Eleventh Hour | ||||
Released | 2002 | |||
Format | CD | |||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
Genre | Christian rock | |||
Length | 3:18 (Album Version) | |||
Label | Essential/Silvertone | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark | |||
Producer(s) | Jars of Clay | |||
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"Fly" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. It was the first mainstream single and second Christian radio single from their 2002 studio album, The Eleventh Hour. A live version of the song appears on disc two of the band's 2003 double album, Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage.
"Fly" is based on the story of a couple fighting a losing battle against the wife's cancer. Specifically, it is about the moment at which her husband "lets her go". The unnamed couple were friends or close acquaintances of band members.
All versions of the song written by Charlie Lowell, Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, & Stephen Mason, unless otherwise noted