Drain The Blood

About this song

Drain the Blood was released as the second single from the album Pink Moon. Lead singer Shane Told said the song responds to the fear that machines are starting to replace what makes music and other art human. Guitarist Paul Marc Rousseau wrote it as the first idea for the album, which he kept despite his usual habit of discarding early ideas, and he called it his favourite from the record.

What it's about

The song is a warning and a cry of resistance against artificial intelligence taking over human art, with the message that emotion can't be automated. Rousseau described its premise as keeping AI out of his art, with unexpected and irrational choices that a machine would not make.

Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.

Fun facts

• Written by Paul Marc Rousseau.