This song, expanding upon the album’s themes of emotional isolation and change established in the first four tracks, provides a cleaner melodic segue into the middle part of the project. The title calls back to a particularly salient JT lyric in Divisionary, which is possibly a reference to Carl Jun...
[Intro: JT Cavey]
Spit out the blood
[Verse 1: Jesse Cash & JT Cavey]
Freeze to the bone when the lonesome mind is whispering
Decide it's time to settle in or begin again
Fading in and out again, places I find healing in
An ocean's length apart from where I stand
[Chorus: Jesse Cash]
Glimpse of light comes shining through this waking dream
Glimpse of light comes shining through
Sleep cycle synced into phase
[Verse 2: Jesse Cash & JT Cavey]
Rattles your coffin when intrusive thoughts are creeping in
Surrogate a home over and over again
We will go on fading in and out again
Sense of loss that you've been feeling
We will go on fading in and out again
Sense of loss that you've been feeling
Break free
[Chorus: Jesse Cash]
Glimpse of light comes shining through this waking dream
Glimpse of light comes shining through
Sleep cycle synced into phase
[Bridge: JT Cavey]
A friend, a foe, equally familiar
Kept close, unified inside the mirror
Spit out the blood
Spitting out the blood inside my mouth
The pain stings, but it brings relief
That I can still feel anything at all
Spaces I used to find peace, tearing me apart
[Chorus: Jesse Cash]
Glimpse of light comes shining through this waking dream
Complacencies that we will never seek to replace
[Outro: JT Cavey]
Spitting out the blood inside my mouth
The pain stings but it brings relief
That I can still feel anything at all
Shadow Autonomous was written by Alex Ballew & JT Cavey & Jesse Cash.
Shadow Autonomous was produced by Grant McFarland & Carson Slovak.
ERRA released Shadow Autonomous on Thu Mar 11 2021.