"Call Off Your Ghost" is the stark and emotive Paper Tiger produced second single from Dessa's forthcoming album, Parts of Speech. The song tells the story of her first-hand experience of dealing with the emotions that are left over from an old relationship. According to the article where this song was premiered, Dessa wrote this tune after running into a former lover at a mutual friends wedding: “We saw each other, all dressed up in our Sunday finest, and we did our best to behave like graceful adults, shaking hands with each other’s dates,” she said. “A hard breakup can conjure a storm of competing emotions — bitterness, love, jealousy, tenderness, self-pity, velociraptor-crazy fits of rage. ‘Call Off Your Ghost’ is about trying to fall out of a love that has outlasted its relationship. In a larger way, it’s about the struggle to be your best self, even when a lot of lesser, petty feelings compete for expression.” Dessa also goes on to mention that "Call Off Your Ghost" is one the the proudest tracks she has ever written on Parts of Speech. The way Dessa vividly words her experience and Paper Tiger keeps you on edge, it's easy to imagine the similar feelings that Dessa had during that moment when you listen to this beautiful track. [via Wall Street Journal] Parts Of Speech will drop on June 25th via Doomtree Records. Stream "Call Off Your Ghost" below.
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