For My Sunday Song #375, we are at the midway point with Deke’s Choices and this time around it is the song “A Place to Call Home” by the Canadian/American rock band Big Wreck. I say 1/2 American as the band originated in Boston, but ended up in Canada. The song is off their 2014 album ‘Ghosts’ and it is the opening track. The song wasn’t a single, but that track is a standout as it sets the tone for the rest of the album. The band are Ian Thornley, Brian Doherty, Paulo Neta, David McMillan and Chuck Keeping in case you were wondering.

The song was written by Ian Thornley and is about a common problem with a theme on belonging and finding your place in this world. Finding your place to call home basically. The song talks about being defined by your choices and accepting the consequences of said choices. Will making different choices or having a different background effect those choices or will you end up where you are regardless of how you were raised. A lot of thought and contemplation in this song and that is pretty cool.

The song opens with this really distorted, killer sounding guitar riff that drones on into an ominous choir of vocals that make this song seem almost otherworldly. When Ian comes in on vocals, there is an angelic choir feel to his vocals, very spacy and airy. The bass and drum lay down this heavy groove and with Ian’s vocals seemingly sounds a little Chris Cornell like which is really cool. The song is powerful and that chorus is huge. I am really digging this grunge type/Soundgarden sound and very bluesy vibe. A stellar track.

Give the song a listen and let me know what you think. You hear that Chris Cornell vocal sound too, right? I think this is a rather massive opening track that makes me want to stay and listen to the whole album. Do you get that as well? Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed today’s track. Thanks Deke for another great choice. Go check out The Distortion Den on Youtube or go to Superdekes.com and support Deke. Have a wonderful and Happy Sunday and go find your place to call home!!

“A Place To Call Home”

So how do you beg for what’s your own
Pick the pieces, lick the wounds
Stoke the fire, fan the flame
Squeeze the clouds, until it rains
Would you champion the cause
‘Til you find out what you’ve lost
Who do you dare to call your own
And where’s the place that you call home?

Under the D & O slogan
What will be yours?
They say it’s all about choices
No remorse

Under the covers of security
We lay
In the periphery
Out of sight, ok
But today I’m running late

So how do you beg for what’s your own
Pick the pieces, lick the wounds
Stoke the fire, fan the flame
Squeeze the clouds, until it rains
Would you champion the cause
‘Til you find out what you’ve lost
Who do you dare to call your own
And where’s the place that you call home?

There, but for fortune
Is how we dismiss you then
We wind up crossing the street
With keys in hand

I wonder what it would be like
If what you did
Had different consequences
Change your means but
Does that change the end?

So how do you beg for what’s your own
Kick the pieces, lick the wounds
Stoke the fire, fan the flame
Squeeze the clouds, until it rains
Would you champion the cause
‘Til you find out what you’ve lost
Who do you dare to call your own
And where’s the place that you call home?

A place to call home
A place to call home
A place to call home

Writer(s): Ian Fletcher Thornley