Jordan St. Cyr opens his new single with an image that might make you uncomfortable at first - and that's completely intentional.
"Hands to the Sky" - out now on all streaming platforms - begins like a chase scene. God is the sheriff. You are the criminal. And somewhere deep down, that might not feel too far from the truth.
But St. Cyr doesn't leave you there.
In a video posted to his official Facebook page on June 26, the Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter explained the heart behind the song in his own words: "That's the kind of idea sometimes we have - that God's after us because we've done something wrong. And by the time it gets to the chorus, it's this perfect surrender because you understand that God's not after you to hit you with a stick. He's after you to embrace you, to show you that he's been chasing you this whole time, to show you that he loves you, he cares for you, he's there for you."
The shift is everything. "He's not coming after you like the law is coming after you," St. Cyr continued. "He's coming after you like a loving father is coming after you. And that right there is worthy of our surrender."
Hands up - not because you're caught, but because you're finally free.
The release is part of a new creative era for St. Cyr, with a forthcoming album produced by Paul Mabury that he has described as a return to earthy, organic, and grounded storytelling - music written by instinct rather than format. The new music continues a chapter that has been marked by deep personal gratitude: his youngest daughter Emery, born with a rare brain condition causing epilepsy, has gone more than a year without a seizure - a miracle the family continues to praise God for.
St. Cyr is a Juno Award winner and 16-time GMA Covenant Award winner. His breakthrough single "Fires" spent 45 weeks on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart, followed by his multi-week No. 1 hit "Weary Traveler." Every song in his catalog has carried the same thread - that God meets us in the hardest, most honest places. "Hands to the Sky" is no different. It just gets there through a sheriff, a criminal, and the moment the chase turns into an embrace.
Listen to "Hands to the Sky" now at jordan.ffm.to/hands.
