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The Ocean

from He Crowns The Humble by Ian Peacock

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The oldest song on this album, I wrote the majority of the lyrics on a family holiday to Robin Hood’s Bay many years ago but the music was left unwritten. As I contemplated the vastness of the sea, I became acutely aware of the frequent duplicity of my own life; outwardly I looked calm and together but inwardly I was often anxious, frustrated and discouraged. Even as a Christian, it’s possible to say and do the ‘right things’ but miss a close and vibrant relationship with Jesus. It’s easy to become a ‘functional atheist’, believing in God but effectively living the same as those who don’t. I needed to relinquish control of my life and allow the ‘captain of the ship’ to regain command; the only one who could calm the storm inside of me.

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The ocean is wide, as vast as it’s deep, so mighty and merciless, it never needs sleep
It comes and it goes whenever it feels, it can’t be controlled or contained - it’s free
It separates nations and keeps men at bay, surrounding an island like a fort
But take it too lightly, it will drown your poor soul
You’ll sing the bottom like a stone

Sometimes my life is calm on the surface but underneath the water murky
My head’s high, the current is raging, out on a lifeboat - it’s me that needs saving
So fragile, like yesterday’s news, clogged up with grease and the foggy, sea views

It’s strange, sometimes when your sailing, skipping on waves, the tide starts changing
It pours forth, there’s water on board, suddenly that sinking feeling’s hard to ignore
So where’s the anchor when I tossed by the storm and where’s the lighthouse that leads back to shore

Don’t leave the harbour and never set sail without the Lord Jesus to show you the way
He is the captain who knows what to do, with compass and map as he leads all his crew
Whatever the weather, in calm or in rough, he’ll steady the ship, make sure there’s enough
The future’s uncertain but one thing I know is he holds your future if you just let go

The ocean is wide, as vast as it’s deep, so mighty and merciless, it never needs sleep
It comes and it goes whenever it feels, it can’t be controlled or contained - it’s free

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from He Crowns The Humble, released January 12, 2022

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Ian Peacock Manchester, UK

Ian has played in bands for over 20 years, most notably headlining the UK Play stage at Leeds Carling Festival in 2000 with a former band, ‘Coasta’. He has written, produced and self released five albums: 'Life and After' (2009), 'The End of Faith' (2012) and 'This Time Tomorrow' (2014), 'Still Human' (2015), 'Ordinary People' (2016) in addition to several E.P's. ... more

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