“House of Glass” is the second single of ERRA’s 2021 self-titled fifth album. The song premiered on November 19, 2020 through Revolver.
[Verse 1: Jesse Cash and JT Cavey]
My mind's a leech, and I feel so weak
My sleep was deep, and I did not dream
There is a presence here, breathing life into our fears
Russian roulette, the cylinder is full, no gods to interfere
[Chorus: JT Cavey, with Jesse Cash]
Requiem, this will destroy you
Before you mourn the passing dream
Requiem, this night won't conclude
House of glass crashes down around you
[Verse 2: JT Cavey]
Spread of self-violence
Complicit in silence
Desire's subsidence
Survive by dеfiance against defeat
Burn it down
Sweep of a nation misguidеd by a righteous hand
Distorted divine
Collective suicide
[Pre-Chorus: JT Cavey and Jesse Cash, Both]
Turbines aflame, like monolithic candles incandescent
In a midnight aura, convulsing bodies in a ritual
My sleep was deep, and I did not dream
Burn it down, burn it down
Pitch black mass
House of glass
[Chorus: JT Cavey, with Jesse Cash]
Requiem, this will destroy you
Before you mourn the passing dream
Requiem, this night won't conclude
House of glass crashes down around you
[Breakdown: JT Cavey and Jesse Cash]
Battered, battered and scarred
Post-fundamentalist humiliation
Scattered, scattered and starved
Post-indoctrination
Pitch black mass
House of glass
[Outro: JT Cavey]
Burn, burn, burn it
Burn, burn, burn it down
Burn, burn it down
This will destroy you
Burn it down
Burn it to the fucking ground
House of Glass was written by Jesse Cash & JT Cavey & Alex Ballew.
House of Glass was produced by Grant McFarland & Carson Slovak.
ERRA released House of Glass on Thu Nov 19 2020.
Erra vocalist-guitarist Jesse Cash shared with Revolver:
The lyrics started as a mutation of two ideas: the first being the seemingly heightened sensationalism of suicide over the last few years, the second being partisan ideology paralleled with cult-like zeal. The concept of connecting these two...