I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Hop the fast train out of town
Downside up, and upside down
Going fast is going slow
What could've been we'll never know
In this place that has no name
I can't remember why I came
Then I hear you whisper low
One more mile to Jericho
Nothing is ever what it seems
When you live inside your dreams
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
But I'm not gonna cry
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
Everybody gets the joke
Where's the fire, where's the smoke
Money, love and jealousy
Something's got a hold on me
But I will follow where you go
One more mile to Jericho
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
But I'm not gonna cry
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
Goodbye now, goodbye
One more mile, one more kiss
One more word, one more wish
And I will save us, this I know
From this place called Jericho
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
But I'm not gonna cry
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
But I'm not gonna cry
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
If we ever say goodbye
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
If we ever say goodbye
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
Goodbye
Downside up, and upside down
Going fast is going slow
What could've been we'll never know
In this place that has no name
I can't remember why I came
Then I hear you whisper low
One more mile to Jericho
Nothing is ever what it seems
When you live inside your dreams
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
But I'm not gonna cry
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
Everybody gets the joke
Where's the fire, where's the smoke
Money, love and jealousy
Something's got a hold on me
But I will follow where you go
One more mile to Jericho
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
But I'm not gonna cry
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
Goodbye now, goodbye
One more mile, one more kiss
One more word, one more wish
And I will save us, this I know
From this place called Jericho
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
But I'm not gonna cry
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
But I'm not gonna cry
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
If we ever say goodbye
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
The walls will tumble, the walls will tumble
If we ever say goodbye
My heart won't crumble, my heart won't crumble
If we ever say goodbye
Goodbye
Lyrics submitted by melelise83
Jericho Lyrics as written by Chico Bennett Charlie Midnight
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing
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