Lyric discussion by Santiagof 

Cover art for I Burn Today lyrics by Frank Black and the Catholics

Such a beautiful song.

Any ideas? I don't have anything solid.

I am going to guess and say that it has something to do with relationships (obviously I guess :-> ). The Rose of Jericho reference maybe indicates that the relationship is always on again off again, since the rose of jericho is also known as the resurrection plant. During dry times, the rose of jericho curls up completely and appears to be dead, and blows around in the wind until it comes in contact with water. When the dried bud gets water it lives again. So the Rose of Jericho could be symbolic of the type of...