What you Gonna Choose?

from He Crowns The Humble by Ian Peacock

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Unusually for me, this song was an instrumental for some time before it became complete with a vocal melody. The feel and guitar riffs were heavily inspired by ‘Hundred Mile High City’ by Ocean Colour Scene and the end section ‘honky-tonk’ piano chord progression reminds me of something from The Beatles’ White Album or Supertramp!
Lyrically, the song loosely compares the dominant western narrative of making your own truth and being whoever you want to be, with the claims of Jesus, who, despite the ‘fake news’ surrounding his identity, carried the world’s hatred and lies upon his shoulders to the place of the skull.

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Calling all nations to stand to attention now
Falling from graces too often to mention how
Judging our neighbours like hate spewed from haters
goes on and on and on, it will carry…

Crosses through crossfire through crowds in town centres
There’s ample incentives to climb down from fences
But up to the place of the skull, sacred and sacred
goes on and on and on he will carry - He will carry on

And if there’s lies and if there’s truth, what you gonna choose? What you gonna choose?
What if there’s light piercing through fake news - what you gonna do?

And in this life, if there’s truth, what you gonna choose? What you gonna do?
What if there’s light piercing through fake news - what you gonna do?
What you gonna choose?

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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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