Walls of Jericho Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Khaoki 

Cover art for Walls of Jericho lyrics by Fair to Midland

This is about the atomic bombings of Japan in WW2, which has been mentioned before. But what I haven't seen mentioned is "shedding the shade we made yesterday" as more proof of this. When a nuclear weapon is detonated the shadows it creates are burned into whatever surface they are on, so you quite literally have to shed off the shadows made days before afterwards.