I love music! I listen to it whenever I can. Sometimes even when I can't (but thats another post). Here are a couple songs I have been really enjoying! This guy can write some seriously deep lyrics!
John Mark McMillan- play David crowders version of HOW HE LOVES... WOW! Then play it again!
Skelliton Bones-
Peel back our ribs again
and stand inside of our chest.
We just wanna' love you
We just wanna' love you
Peel back the veil of time
And let us see You with our naked eyes
We just wanna' love you
We just wanna' love you
We want your blood to flow inside our body
We want your wind inside our lungs
We just wanna' love you
We just wanna' love you
Skeleton bones stand at the sound of eternity
On the lips of the found
And gravestones roll
To the rhythm of the sound of you
Skeleton bones stand at the sound of eternity
On the lips of the found
So separate those doors
And let the son of resurrection in.
Oh let us adore the
Son of Glory drenched in love
Open up your gates before him
Crown Him, stand Him up
Carbon Ribs-
A Thousand pairs of firey eyes
Burn like a serpent down the hwy 5
As the Long amber tail to Los Angeles unwinds
I've got resurrection down in side my skin
But for all my revealating
I just cant make sense
Of this gravity we're in
Cause I'm a dead man now
With a ghost who lives
Within the confines of
These carbon ribs
And one day when I'm free
I will sit
The cripple at your table
The cripple by your side
A thousand miles of pain I'm sure
Led you to the threshold
Of my hearts screen door
To tell me what it is I'm dying for
Gravity comes
Like a cold cold Rain
To lead me to the rope again
But someone is standing in my place
Cause I'm a dead man now
With a ghost who lives
Within the confines of
These carbon ribs
And one day when I'm free
I will sit
The cripple at your table
The cripple by your side
The cripple at your table
The cripple by your side
And I sit beside you
And I sit beside you
And I sit beside you
And I sit beside you
How HE Loves-
He is jealous for me
Loves like a hurricane
I am a tree
Bending beneath
The weight of his wind and mercy
When all of a sudden
I am unaware of these
Afflictions eclipsed by glory
And I realize how beautiful you are
And how great your afflictions for me
Oh how he loves us so
Oh how he loves us
How he loves us so
Yea He loves us
Oh how
We are his portion
And he is our prize
Drawn to redemption by the grace in his eyes
If grace is an ocean we're all sinking
So heaven meats earth like a sloppy wet kiss
And my heart burns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets
When I think about the way
He loves us
Oh how he loves us so
Oh how he loves us
How he loves us so
Yea He loves us
Oh how
I thought about you
The day Stephen died
And you met me between my breaking
I know that I still love you God
Despite the agony
See people they want to tell me your cruel
But if Stephen could sing
He'd say its not true
Cause your good
Wow, you're the first John Mark McMillan fan I've met. I got pretty into his first album a few years ago. "Carbon Ribs" and "Skeleton Bones" are my faves on the one too, along with Ten Thousand. If you haven't checked it out yet, "Kiss Your Feet" from his first album is killer. Perhaps my favorite of all. Also, check out Kim Walker/Bethel Church's version of "How He Loves" from their "We Cry Out" album. It's cool that Dave Crowder is spreading this song even more; the styles mesh nicely.
However, I hope "the usuals" don't go too crazy with it (Chris Tomlin, Paul BaLoche, etc.). Then I met get sick of it!
Posted by: Joseph | June 24, 2009 at 02:07 PM