Pull From The Ghost is the first single from Birmingham locals ERRA since their universally beloved 2021 self-titled release.
As expanded on below by guitarist Jesse Cash, the song details a captor-captive dynamic from the perspective of the captor- a unique parallel to an earlier-released cover of...
[Intro: JT Cavey]
From the yellow line
Waving goodbye
To my captive
Breaking their neck for home
[Verse 1: Jesse Cash]
The bones of the past
Spilling over in a rare reflection
A captor seeking Stockholm
Dying alone with a ransom note
[Chorus: Jesse Cash, JT Cavey]
Bleeding host
What I can't find in you, I'll just
Pull from the ghost of a virtual memory
[Post-Chorus: JT Cavey]
From the yellow line
Waving goodbye
To my captive
Breaking their neck for home
[Verse 2: JT Cavey, with Jesse Cash]
Involuntary time zone that fate has annexed
Every second lost or gained has a presence
I traversed time on stagnant feet
Orchestrating a long defeat
[Chorus: Jesse Cash, JT Cavey, Both]
Bleeding host
What I can't find in you, I'll just
Pull from the ghost of a virtual memory
And now I'm face to face
With the things that I have chased
But I'll just burn what is birthed of my history
[Post-Chorus: JT Cavey]
To my captive
Breaking their neck for home
[Bridge: JT Cavey, Jesse Cash]
I feel love
Only in reverie
I feel love
But the sensation is already memory
Stillborn upon delivery, oh
Seeds bidding for egoic auxiliary
Stillborn upon delivery
[Chorus]
Bleeding host
What I can't find in you, I'll just
Pull from the ghost of a virtual memory
And now I'm face to face
With the things that I have chased
But I'll just burn what is birthed of my history
[Post-Chorus]
From the yellow line
Waving goodbye
To my captive
Breaking their neck for home
To my captive
Breaking their neck for home
Pull From The Ghost was written by Skylar Tankersley & JT Cavey & Jesse Cash.
Pull From The Ghost was produced by Grant McFarland & Carson Slovak.
Erra released Pull From The Ghost on Thu Jul 07 2022.
Jesse Cash:
The song is told from the perspective of a kidnapper hoping his captive will choose to stay willingly, but ultimately deciding to free them when that doesn’t happen. The captor/captive dynamic spawned from the idea that relationships are too often means of ensnaring others to be subject...