"31. Jericho--The Imperials"
The beat for this one was more understated, but she sensed that something big lay behind it. Was she about to be given a glimpse of the specific thing for which he had prayed so fervently?
From the burning of the desert / Came the people of the Lord / To the high and mighty walls of Jericho / God had promised them a victory / But it seemed so hard to see / When all that met their eye was massive stone / But without a single sound / Without a word of doubt / The people marched, the trumpet screamed / Joshua said, "Shout" and then...and then...the...
Walls of Jericho came down / God crushed then to the ground, the ground / O, the triumph that was heard / For the power of His word / Had made the walls of Jericho to fall
In the heat of daily battle / I've been backed against the wall / Feeling like I have to do what can't be done / And it seems there's no way over / No way under, no way through / Yet I know that God has called me to press on / So I take a tip from Joshua / And the people of that day / I march right up and face those walls / And shout with words of faith and then...and then...the...
Walls of Jericho come down / They crumble to the ground, again / O, just like He did before / By the power of His word / He makes the walls to fall, again / Yeah!
Promises made long ago / Are alive and well today / We can march and shout out loud / In confidence and faith / And then...and then...the...
Walls of Jericho come down / They crumble to the ground, again / O, the triumph that is heard / For the power of His word / Has made the walls, like Jericho, to fall / Walls of Jericho come down / O, they tumble to the ground, again / O, the triumph that is heard / For the power of His word / Has made the walls, like Jericho, to fall...
At the instrumental bridge, she felt something within her crumble and collapse, just like those city walls, and the essence within, which she recognized as her spirit, was finally free to soar. And soar it did, along with the musical notes. The cracking and fracturing that had begun several songs ago had finally unmade the walls of bitterness within which she had lived. The seismic shift within her soul was complete. The hidden enemy, the pet demon that had maintained the walls, was now exposed in the fullest sense of the word. He was unmasked, vulnerable, and completely out of places to run.