Jericho

I go searching through this world

I wait on something to unfurl

Thinking back on toys and paper dolls

Now all I ever find are walls

Tried to find myself out east

Maybe find comfort there at least

When I got there all I found

Somebody burned it to the ground

So let your trumpets blow

‘Round the walls of jericho

Let your mighty voices sound

Until the walls come tumbling down

Searched for days for you out west

And I was greeted like a guest

Into the desert’s open arms

Finding not your childlike charms

If these thoughts I hold be true

I’ll lay down my traveling shoes

And let the vines grow over me

Let the earth swallow my dreams

And let my trumpet blow

‘Round the walls of jericho

Let my mighty voice be heard

Then speak not another word

Throw your arrows and your slings

And your other precious things

Outside your gate I will stand tall

As you cower behind your wall

Look inside yourself to see

Where these walls appear to be

Let your soul step out to breathe

Swallow whole your dignity

And let your trumpet blow

‘Round the walls of jericho

Let your mighty voices sound

Until the walls come tumbling down.