In an interview with NME, Royal Blood said the song was “ultimately about giving up on persevering alone and finding strength in asking for help.”
Mike Kerr, lead singer and bassist, also added “It’s a song that is driven by the lyrics and melody, as opposed to the riffs doing the heavy lifting. Des...
[Verse 1]
Miles from the surface
I ride out and weather the war
In a tin submarine where the seams couldn't hold back the shore
On a bed made of "what have you done?"
Tone-deaf with a headache for one
Back to the water below
Alone as I float like a stone
[Chorus]
Sinking to the bottom, lost but not forgotten
Down I go again, heart swinging like a punchbag
Waiting on you
To pull me through
Washing off the soft soap
Sleeping on a tightrope
Everything I prove, got nothing left to use
Want the truth? I need you
To pull me through
[Verse 2]
Far out of reach and a thread from coming undone
Frayed as I pray, disarray's had its day in the sun
On a bed made of "what have you done?"
Tone-deaf with a headache for one
Back to the water below
Alone as I float like a stone
[Chorus]
Sinking to the bottom, lost but not forgotten
Down I go again, heart swinging like a punchbag
Waiting on you
To pull me through
Washing off the soft soap
Sleeping on a tightrope
Everything I prove, got nothing left to use
Want the truth? I need you
To pull me through
So won't you pull me through?
So won't you pull me, won't you pull me through?
Through, through
Won't you pull me, won't you pull me through?
[Outro]
On a bed made of "what have you done?"
Tone-deaf with a headache for one
Back to the water below
Alone as I float like a stone
Pull Me Through was written by Mike Kerr & Ben Thatcher.
Pull Me Through was produced by Royal Blood.
Royal Blood released Pull Me Through on Thu Jul 13 2023.
Mike Kerr:
‘Pull Me Through’ is ultimately about giving up on persevering alone and finding strength in asking for help.
— via NME
Mike Kerr:
My style of piano playing comes from when I was a kid learning The Beatles songs. The Beatles always used a piano at Abbey Road Studios called Mrs Mills, which, at the end of the hammers, has pins put into it to give it a metallic, almost-harpsichord sound. The Beatles were always doing...