See The Love EP - Album Notes
Album notes:
The EP starts off with a longing to learn to see the love, in the midst of headlines of violence and terror.
See the Love
Everyday we go to war again
We assume we know so much more then them
before we hear what they have to say
Headline breaks and we start to hate again
Calling them names again
We give our peace away
I hope they see it
Cause I wanna see it
I hope we believe it
I wanna see the love
All around you, all around you
I wanna know, I wanna know
that love
Is all around you its all around
Day by day
Hope fades away and then
we know
that there is pain within, we can not medicate
Learn to feel,
Learn to begin again
Open our eyes again
To see our brothers pain
I hope they see it
Cause I wanna see it
I hope we believe it
I wanna see the love
All around you all around you
I wanna know I wanna know
that love Is all around you its all around
See how it lights you up.
Run is a Christmas lament.
In the midst of singing about joy and peace on earth, many peoples can feel the weight of hopelessness. While in this song we have hardly begun to nick the surface of the suffering in our world, we wanted to address the pain of refugees, black people living in America who have experienced police brutality, and those (especially our children) affected by gun violence. This is not meant to be a song that is divisive or attacking, it is a lament about the pain of our brothers and sisters who may feel they are lacking in power or voice. There are so many names, faces, shattered lives and heart-wrenching losses that we mourn in these words. We hope you will go with us past agreeing or disagreeing and just sit with the pain and the deep brokenness in our world.
Run
Run Mary run
Run Mary run
That king wants to kill your baby son
Run alien run
Run alien run
The days of our open arms are done
Peace on earth, goodwill to men
Run black child run
Run black child run
That man has a badge and has a gun
Run schoolyard run
Run schoolyard run
We just gave that angry man a gun
Peace on earth, goodwill to men
The third song, Love Shall Overcome, starts with lyrics based on the gang-related shootings and violence in Chicago. It is a chorus that we use for prayers of the people, as an invitation to courage, to stand in the love that wins over violence.
Love Shall Overcome
When a bullets flies
And a child dies
Can we overcome?
When all we see is inequality
Can we overcome?
Love shall overcome
We refuse to be
Each others enemy
We can overcome
When we listen to
Others point of view
We can overcome
Love shall overcome
Open our hearts
Love can start
To heal the pain
We end the EP with a remix of our song Brother. It is the song that embodies our longing to offer reconciliation. We added a new beat, many of our favorite voices, and are super excited to have been able to collaborate with one of our favorite rappers, Propaganda, on this remix.
This EP was recorded in Chicago, and New York. Thanks to Trinity Grace Church Tribeca, The Wheaton Orchestra, Terence Clark, Nicole Pietrini, Hannaniah Whitley, Lizzy Brooks and Genevieve Gungor for singing, Propaganda for his amazing work, Dan Millice for mastering, Flux studios in New York, Paul Baloche for his studio and time, and Nathan Price for artwork. Special thanks to Rob Gungor who mixed and helped produce. Special thanks to our friends and family who encouraged us and supported us on this project.
All songs written, produced and mixed by:
The Brilliance
This EP is dedicated to all peacemakers; to the poets, priests, police officers, government officials, churches, temples, educators, and communities of men and women that stand for equality, justice and peace everywhere.