Pull Out the Pin
Kate Bush & David Gilmour * Track #3 On The Dreaming
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Album The Dreaming
Pull Out the Pin by Kate Bush (Ft. David Gilmour)
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“Pull Out the Pin” is the third song in Kate Bush’s 4th studio album The Dreaming (1982). The track features backing vocals from Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour.
The song obviously alludes to the Vietnam War, told from the perspective of a Viet Cong soldier, who is fighting US troops.
Bush decided to wri...
Pull Out the Pin Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Just as we hit the green
I've never been so happy to be alive
Only seven miles behind
You could smell the child
The smell of the front line's survival
[Refrain]
With my silver Buddha and my silver bullet
[Verse 2]
You learn to ride the Earth
When you're living on your belly and the enemy is city-birth
Who need radar? We use scent
They stink of the west
Stink of sweat
Stink of Cologne and Baccy and all their Yankee hash
[Refrain]
With my silver Buddha and my silver bullet
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm pulling on the pin
Ooh, pull out, pull out the pin
Pulling on the pin, woah…
[Chorus]
Just one thing in it: me or him
I love life!
Pull out the pin
Just one thing in it: me or him
I love life!
Pull out the pin
Just one thing in it: me or him
And I love life! I love life! I love life!
Oh, oh, pull out the pin
[Verse 3]
I've seen the coat for me
I'll track him till he drops, then I'll pop him one he won't see
He's big and pink and not like me
He sees no light, he sees no reason for the fighting
[Refrain]
With my silver Buddha and my silver bullet
[Verse 4]
I had not seen his face
Till I'm only feet away, unbeknown to my prey
I look in American eyes
I see little life, see little wife
He strike a violence up in me
[Refrain]
With my silver Buddha and my silver bullet
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm pulling on the pin
Ooh, pull out, pull out the pin
Pulling on the pin, woah…
[Chorus]
Just one thing in it: me or him
I love life!
Pull out the pin
Just one thing in it: me or him
I love life!
Pull out the pin
Just one thing in it: me or him
And I love life! I love life! I love life!
Oh, oh, pull out the pin
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
Just one thing in it: me or him
And I love life!
So I pull out the pin
Just one thing in it: me or him
And I love life!
So I pull out the pin
Just one thing in it: me or him
And I love life! I love life! I love life!
[Outro]
I love life! I love life! I love life!
I love life! I love life! I love life!
Pull out the pin
Pull Out the Pin Q&A
Who wrote Pull Out the Pin's ?
Pull Out the Pin was written by Kate Bush.
Who produced Pull Out the Pin's ?
Pull Out the Pin was produced by Kate Bush.
When did Kate Bush release Pull Out the Pin?
Kate Bush released Pull Out the Pin on Mon Sep 13 1982.
What was the inspiration for this song?
I saw this incredible documentary by this Australian cameraman who went on the front line in Vietnam, filming from the Vietnamese point of view, so it was very biased against the Americans. He said it really changed him, because until you live on their level like that, when it’s complete survival, y...