Jericho

yay first one to post on this one.

just wanted to say that yeah, i love this song, especially the chorus, it's a great song in raise your voice, it's a good ending to it.

Isn't Jericho the first city or something?

dunno, some kinda city... i dictionarycom'ed it it said 'An ancient city of Palestine near the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. A stronghold commanding the valley of the lower Jordan River, it was, according to the Bible, captured and destroyed by Joshua.'

I like listening to this music while I'm hitting the tennis ball to the wall because she sang" the walls will tumble".

jericho was like a city that people stomped around to let it tumble, and shes comparing this to the possibility of her breaking up with her boyfriend. shes saying that she won`t fall down like jericho.

She is breaking up with her boyfriend and she doesnt want to crumble. She doesnt want to crumble like the cithy did!!!!!!

Jericho was/is a town near the Jordan river in Israel/Palestine. It was the first city that the Jews passed when entering the promised land. God commanded them to sack the town and not occupy. This is where "the walls will crumble..." etc. comes from.

I could be wrong, but "money, love and jealousy" were the 'sins' committed by the Jericho-ans, and that was why God commanded the Jews to sack the town.

I think the "one more mile..." part is all about finally being at the end of a journey (40 years wandering) and the trust involved, "I will follow where you go".

I'm not Jewish, or a religious person, but I started reading the bible, just because I had nothing to do, and when I heard the song, the references were all crystal clear to me. I think the song is all about this bible reference, modified to link to a modern day relationship in 'tough times' that are about to end, just like in the book of Exodus or whatever it is.

why must every song be about boys??!! how about something else for a change??

I love this song! And I've always wondered what it means! And what Jericho was! Confused me lots but now I understand it! ,cheers you lot! xxxx

It isn't about boys ! You can interpert it as a relationship song, but it's also about the movie raise your voice when her brother dies, and Jericho is a city where Joshua was chosen to lead the Israelites into the land of Cannan, to help them take the land, Jehovah God caused miracles to happen. He made the Jordan River stop flowing, and the walls of JERICHO to fall down, and the sun to stand still for a whole day.