Today was the day that I uploaded my first ever solo video on to YouTube. I had no idea what the reception would be like or if people would like my 'sound' - but so far so good! I'm looking forward to exploring this more and more :)
In this blog I'd like to take the opportunity to share the lyrics of this song with you. If you have questions regarding their meaning/significance then I suggest you read my previous posts entitled 'Surrender' and 'More Than I Could Bear'. If you find you still have questions then leave a comment and I will try to provide answers!
Jericho
Crawling through the desert of my own desire,
The habitual path of this nomadic wanderer.
Every spot of land that catches this covetous eye,
Becomes another stop on this long and dusty road.
So I build my kingdom here;
Where the walls are steep and the watch towers high.
The prisoner of my own defenses,
Hoarding treasure that will perish to the end.
My Jericho, Jericho lies beneath me.
That trumpet sound and my life crashed and hit the ground.
Don't be surprised to find me lying in the ruins.
Yeah, I'm battered and bruised but now there's nothing left for me to lose,
I can find my way home...
Days and years go by without a hint of resistance,
From the fast-flowing tide of my own impending fate.
Then I see your face on a far distant horizon,
And my heart awakes to the captive I've become.
So I wave my flag in surrender.
With my own bear hands demolish what I'd made.
I could not see that despite my best efforts,
I needed help from heaven's mighty cavalry.
Send my walls tum-tumbling tum-tumble-tumbling down...
Restore my soul.
Hi Debs,
ReplyDeleteTo see the lyrics written opposed to being sung, I must say I had a different effect from them. Performed musically they hit me as quite optimistic, as written they are quite reflective. The song contains a strong blend of both, but I always like to read lyrics are they are written as I always feel something different to hearing them.
I especially like:
"So I wave my flag in surrender.
With my own bear hands demolish what I'd made.
I could not see that despite my best efforts,
I needed help from heaven's mighty cavalry"...
A personal journey is one that can often feel too hard to do alone but we are never alone. I am not religious as such but very spiritual and believe strongly in God and I always feel that God never gives us too much to cope with, only enough so we can grow, even if it feels bleak and terrifying at first.
Anyway, thanks for sharing them. :)
Dan (OneDanBandUK)
Hi Debs.
ReplyDeleteI'm just curious really. What is a Jericho? How then did you use it as a metaphor. Heh. It's been bugging me.
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ReplyDeleteTo Dan,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments - it's interesting to hear how the lyrics had a different affect on you seeing them on the page as opposed to being sung. And yes, I wholeheartedly agree we're never alone! :)
To 'the simple girl',
Jericho is a city described in the book of Joshua in the bible. It's a story of how Joshua and his army marched around the city walls for seven days, blowing their battle horns having heard God say that it would give them the victory. And it did! The walls of the city collapsed.
I used it as an image to describe how I had built up many 'cities' in my own life. Things that I didn't really need and that were distracting me from what I should have been doing. So then when I finally realised I needed to let go of them, God brought the walls tumbling down which enabled me to move in to new things without anything in my life getting in the way.
I hope that makes sense :)
Debs
5 July