Navhville singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly released Jericho in 2018 as a track on his “Dying Star” album.
“Jericho” is song about triumph over fear, or rather what you know it takes to triumph over your fears. Fears of self really. It’s the most thematically encompassing song on this record. It’s an answer to the rock bottom question of “how much is left in you?” “It’s a song I wrote with Natalie Hemby and Joy Williams, and a special one because of how it solidified our friendship together.” Ruston Kelly
Watch the music video and check out the lyrics below.
Jericho Music Video
Ruston Kelly co-wrote the lyrics with Joy Williams and Natalie Hemby.
Jericho Lyrics
You can walk, walk to the pasture
There’s no house on Mercy Street
You might get lost in the company of angels
Ignoring the stones tied around your feet
Yeah you got to try for something
Bend your knee and fight for something
Learn how to die for something
So you ain’t living life for nothing, no
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
Souls are never made to fail
I raised Jericho around me
But these walls were built to stand
I framed a fortress ‘round my heart
Carved her name in the old front door
So she would know love still stands
Here forever even when she’s gone
Love can be a heat wave
Love can be a cold rain
Shadows that play
On the walls of your room
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
Souls are never made to fail
I raised Jericho around me
But these walls were built to stand
Yeah you got to try for something
Bend your knee and fight for something
Learn how to die for something
So you ain’t living life for nothing, no
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
Souls are never made to fail
I raised Jericho around me
But these walls were built to stand
These walls were built to stand
These walls were built to stand
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