[Verse 1]
You can walk, walk to Bethesda
There’s no house on mercy street
You might get lost in the company of angels
Ignoring the stones tied around your feet

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Yeah, you got to try for something
Bend your knee and fight for something
Learn how to die for something
So you ain't living life for nothing, no

[Chorus]
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
Souls were never made to fail
I raised Jericho around me
But these walls were built to scale

[Verse 2]
I framed a fortress ‘round my heart
Carved her name in the old front door
So she would know that love still stands
Here forever even when she’s gone

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Love can be a heat wave
Love can be a cold rain
Shadows that play on the walls of your room
[Chorus]
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
Souls were never made to fail
I raised Jericho around me
But these walls were built to scale

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Yeah, you got to try for something
Bend your knee and fight for something
Learn how to die for something
So you ain't living life for nothing, no

[Chorus]
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
Souls were never made to fail
I raised Jericho around me
But these walls were built to scale
These walls were built to scale
These walls were built to scale