Borderland
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- #2Love at the End
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- #3Guns / Napoleon
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- #6Counting On
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- #7Monsters Talk
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- #8Tongues of Fire
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- #9Silver Shore
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- #10Heart Runs
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Borderland by John Mark McMillan
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This is the title track to the album.
“Borderland” is thought of as the land between two lands where neither land takes responsibility for it.
It speaks to the idea of living between two places.
In John’s own words, “This song is about the surviving versus living.”
Sometimes the things you do to...
Borderland Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Living in a borderland
I don't feel like a boy I don't feel like a man
And the things I don't understand
Things like love. Like the law, the law of the jungle
[Verse 2]
Aren't we all animals
Aren't we all animals sharpening our teeth and claws
Stocking up on cannon balls
Living like nobody knows they can't hold on
To love and live by the law, law of the jungle
[Pre-Chorus]
Help me holy Jesus, won't You show me how to live?
I've got monsters at my table, I've got Bibles bent like shivs
Help me holy Lord, I see the light of Heaven's porch
But so many of us are born here outside Your chain link fence
[Chorus]
Living in a borderland
You got to fend for yourself, let the dogs eat the other man
Living in a borderland
You got to take what you get, you got to get what you can
[Verse 3]
Aren't we all dangerous
Aren't we all dangerous, lost boys showing up
Pockets full of fairy dust
Suffering the wanderlust, they all get crushed
Without love by the law, the law of the jungle
[Pre-Chorus]
Help me holy Jesus, won't You show me how to live?
I've got monsters at my table, I've got Bibles bent like shivs
Help me holy Lord, I see the light of Heaven's porch
But so many of us are born here outside Your chain link fence
[Chorus]
Living in a borderland
You got to fend for yourself, let the dogs eat the other man
Living in a borderland
You got to take what you get, you got to get what you can
[Outro]
You can't hold on
Can't hold on to love
You can't hold on
You can't hold on and live by the law
(By the law, by the law)
Borderland Q&A
Who wrote Borderland's ?
Borderland was written by John Mark McMillan.
Who produced Borderland's ?
Borderland was produced by John Mark McMillan & Elijah Mosely.
When did John Mark McMillan release Borderland?
John Mark McMillan released Borderland on Tue Mar 04 2014.
What did John Mark McMillan say about "Borderland"?
Springsteen says, “If what you do to survive kills the things you love, then fear is a powerful thing.” In one of these very awkward stages of my life, fear started to become a very, very powerful thing. And what I did to survive seemed to be killing everything that I loved, and more accurately it w...