Marcus Cicero / Music
No Knees for a King Like That
Released 21 Jun 2025

No Knees for a King Like That

No Knees for a King Like That is a dark, brooding blues-gospel confrontation with faith, suffering and the idea of unquestioning obedience.

It wrestles with some of the oldest and hardest questions: why innocent people suffer, how religion has been used to justify cruelty, and whether morality comes from obedience or from the way we treat one another.

Raw, angry and deliberately provocative, the song rejects fear-based devotion in favour of compassion, conscience and personal integrity. With the weight of gospel and the grit of dark blues, it asks whether a just life lived without worship could ever truly deserve damnation.

It is not a song looking for easy answers. It is the sound of someone refusing to kneel until the questions are answered.

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