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Or You Can Choose To Follow Me

I came upon a stranger
As I was walking on
He seemed to come from nowhere
Asked if He could walk along
As we got into talking
Somehow He knew my name
He said the road you’re walking down
Will only cause you pain
Or you can choose to follow Me

I said how could You know me
We’ve only met just now
You seem to see my future
I just don’t know how
He said I thought about you
Long before this day
There’s no one here to stop you now
From going down this way
Or you can choose to follow Me

The words He spoke haunted me
Could this be the truth?
I said how could You be so sure?
I needed some proof
Then He opened his hands

These are the scars of who you are
The scars that I now own
They are the scars of mercy
These scars can take you home
I know of what you’re thinking
This is your toughest choice
The world is there it’s calling you
That is the other voice
Or you can choose to follow Me

As I continued walking
My head was spinning around
I turned to ask a question
He was nowhere to be found
And I looked in all directions
To see where He had gone
And I wondered if we’d meet again
As his words kept on and on
Or you can choose to follow Me
Or you can choose to follow Me
Or you can choose to follow Me
Or you can choose to follow Me
© January 12, 2010

Great production as usual!

"These are the scars of who you are
The scars that I now own
They are the scars of mercy
These scars can take you home"

Good stuff!

Great song and really professional sound. I like the touches of brass. I was struck by those same lines JAPOV quoted above, which are really powerful. A lot of religious themed/worship songs sound the same, but this is fresh and different. I see it is from 2010. Did you have any success with it? I could imagine church praise bands performing it.

V,

I really like the song--a lot of influences here from across the last few decades, yet I think it would still be appealing to our current pop music culture. Love how you go into the quick "Or you can choose to follow me." Nice arrangement, solid melody, well crafted effective bridge, and a cool intro as well. The caps gave away for me your theme, but I still think that will come through to a listener after listening a couple of times. There was a song I'd guess late 80's that this reminded me of, but I can't think of it--not a dupe by any means.

A great listen, nice job!

steady-eddie

Thank you JAPOV.

These are four lines that say a lot.I'm glad you highlighted them.

Steve

Thanks, Gavin, for your comments, most appreciated. I think when you write about relationships, instead of just praise and worship, it can take a person down a different road lyrically and musically and that is what I have tried to do in my writings. I'm so glad that it came through as I hoped it would.

Steve