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“Choice Kingdom” is an ode to their home country of England, with a typical ∆ spin on it of course.
This is evidenced by the title of the interlude before this track, “❦ (Garden of England)”, and the later allusion to the British patriotic song.
[Verse 1]
Your choice kingdom
Their voice; hear them
Our choice kingdom
[Verse 2]
Their choice kingdom
Our voice crowns men
Our choice kingdom
[Chorus]
Rule Britannia, bright ideas hide in caves
Rule Britannia, break a stock into a slave
Rule Britannia, leave us planked before the graves
Rule Britannia, ruler of the waves
Choice Kingdom was written by Thom Sonny Green & Gus Unger-Hamilton & Joe Newman.
Choice Kingdom was produced by Charlie Andrew.
alt-J released Choice Kingdom on Mon Sep 22 2014.
From the track commentary:
The lyrics for Choice Kingdom were created on the same evening as the lyrics for Left Hand Free, and the Choice Kingdom lyrics were written quite quickly. They’re quite vague but they go quite deep.
Tom, is it your granny who was called Joyce Kingdom?
Yeah, that’s right...