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"MONSTERS TALK" (FEAT. BEAR RINEHART) http://itunes.apple.com/album/id918636301


Off the album "The Borderland Sessions" - an alternate take on JMM's album "Borderland" released under his label Lionhawk Records.

"The Borderland Sessions" is an intimate collection of recordings of the entire Borderland album with special guest vocalists Ray Dalton (featured on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ "Can't Hold Us"), Bear Rinehart (of NEEDTOBREATHE), Kim Walker-Smith (of Jesus Culture), Sarah McMillan, and Brady Toops. The Sessions also includes full commentary from McMillan, sharing his thoughts and stories behind the songs.  

“'The Borderland Sessions' is not a ‘B-sides’ project,” shares John Mark McMillan. “From the beginning we knew most of these songs could go in totally different directions. To satisfy our need to explore all of the options, we planned to release a record with alternate versions. The idea was to expose people to more of the basic songwriting and lyrical elements of 'Borderland' while also showing off the production ideas that we just couldn't fit on the original release. We recorded so many beautiful parts, like clarinet, cello, and vibes that we couldn't use on the first round, so 'The Borderland Sessions' gave us an opportunity to share those special elements. It was a dream to collaborate with Ray Dalton, Bear Rinehart, Kim Walker-Smith, Brady Toops and my all-time favorite singer Sarah McMillan. What a thrilling opportunity to work with some of my favorite voices.”  

THE BORDERLAND SESSIONS
by John Mark McMillan

Written by John Mark McMillan
Executive Producer: John Mark McMillan
Produced & Mixed by Elijah Mosely at Threshing Floor Audio
Mastered by Drew Lavyne
(http://www.alldigitalmastering.com)

Album Artwork by Eric Hurtgen
(http://erichurtgen.com/client.php)

Bear Rinehart appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation
Special thanks to Bear for being a part of this project!
http://www.needtobreathe.com


MONSTERS TALK ::

Monsters want to talk to me
No quarter drawn by lawyers on a crimson sea
Weep like willows, break like waves
We are fragile creatures on collision
With our judgement days

Nightbird says she knows my name
But she don’t call it out to me
Beneath the rubble like the way you say it
Weep like willows, break like waves
We are fragile creatures on collision
With our judgement days

Monsters want to crowd my room
But on the night the cold wars bloom
You’re the only roof I’m standing under
Weep like willows, break like waves
We are fragile creatures on collision
With our judgement days

Your heart smolders in the marrow of the night
Bitter waters cannot quench my thirsty fire
Still, I want to do what’s right
But I can’t get no sleep
Can I stand beside the way you love tonight
Can I stand
Can I stand beside the way you love tonight
Can I stand
Can I stand beside the way you love