Cast Iron Skillet - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Boy leff mi alone, woah Let mi go, oh, woah I don't want nobody So keep you heart mi nuh want it Leave mi alone Let mi go, oh, woah I don't want nobody So keep you heart mi nuh want it Kno yuh never ask for it Kno yuh never, kno yuh never tell me fi love yuh See yuh fi di last time Yuh got a heart made of cast iron Do yuh kill cute little puppies in your past time? Yuh a so cold yuh make tears dry See yuh fi di last time Yuh got a heart made of cast iron Hey listen mi nuh man, mi just 21 Nuh wah settle dung yet mi need mi freedom And all mi good-good thing nuh diamond Convince yuh self say I not gah move on True, yuh tell me anything mi need yuh ago gimme dat (Sike) But dat nuh really mean yuh can do weh yuh feel like Cah mi nah tell nuh lie mi nuh interested fi try 'Cause yuh feelings nuh more than mine Yuh never tell mi fi love ya, but it accepted Now it a weigh pon mi chest like bench-press Seh yuh never give me time fi address yes Seh yuh so ungrateful A woulda given you love A woulda dead fi yuh now Why yuh wah see mi dung? Inna your tears mi a drown Kno yuh never ask for it Kno yuh never, kno yuh never tell me fi love yuh See yuh fi di last time (yeah) Yuh got a heart made of cast iron Do yuh kill cute little puppies in your past time? Yuh a so cold yuh make tears dry See yuh fi di last time Yuh got a heart made of cast iron Bwoy, yuh can seh anything yuh want mi couldn't care one pound Nah go mek yuh rope mi heart and leff mi dry A yuh nuff up yourself inna my life I tell ya leff mi alone and is like yuh tek a lie Mi never ask fi dis (no) Try take your loving and gwan wid it (yeah) Right now mi inna my prime yuh see Plus mi nah have nuh space fi promises So nuh mek mi talk again When you tell mi seh you leaving it was expected Mi nuh wah see no lunch nor breakfast Never kno dem pain yah did exist More worse than di dentist? A woulda given you love A woulda dead fi yuh now Why yuh wah see mi down? Inna your tears mi a drown Kno mi never ask for it Kno mi never, kno mi never tell yuh fi love you A yuh wan' explore Is a pity seh mi couldn't care more Kno mi never ask for it Kno mi neva, Kno mi neva tell me fi love you A yuh wan' explore And is a pity seh mi couldn't care more Kno yuh never ask for it Kno yuh neva, no yuh neva tell me fi love you See yuh fi di last time Yuh got a heart made of cast iron Do yuh kill cute little puppies in your past time? Yuh a so cold yuh make tears dry See yuh fi di last time

I hear 'em talk to me, but they're not listening Their words are kerosene They don't know who I am, they'd never understand What it's like to be me I don't wanna be here, so stuck inside Tell me, how long have I been here? I'm losing track of time In all this loneliness and all this emptiness Been stuck inside this room like a prison sentence I'm not gonna stay, tell me there's a way High above it all (above it all) Victorious, victorious Far too long I've grown (far too long) In hopelessness, I'm over it Don't give up on me (don't give up on me) Tell me you believe (tell me you believe) I can't face it all (face it all) Victorious, victorious Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Can't change this overnight, though Heaven knows I tried Here I go again I need a savior now, someone to break me out Who's been the place I've been Don't wanna be forgotten when I'm dead and gone I just wanna be the one who got up and came back strong High above it all (above it all) Victorious, victorious Far too long I've grown (far too long) In hopelessness, I'm over it Don't give up on me (don't give up on me) Tell me you believe (tell me you believe) I can't face it all (face it all) Victorious, victorious Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Help me 'cause I'm falling when I can't sleep But I'm holding on, can't face this night alone In all this loneliness and all this emptiness Been stuck inside this room like a prison sentence I'm not gonna stay, tell me there's a way High above it all (above it all) Victorious, victorious Far too long I've grown (far too long) In hopelessness, I'm over it Don't give up on me (don't give up on me) Tell me you believe (tell me you believe) I can't face it all (face it all) Victorious, victorious Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

Coming home early, catching on late Guess I had too much on my plate Wish it was as simple as somebody done somebody wrong, but I'm coming home early, catching on late There's miles between us The boy, you should've seen us when we met I loved your anger and The way you'd catch a stranger in your net She'll be driving in the fall And we'll sit up waiting on the call As she leaves, I'll tell her don't get hurt and don't get pregnant, but She won't acknowledge me at all There's miles between us But boy, you should've seen us, she was scared to let go of my hand A tiny carnival, she said, "Daddy, is this just like Disneyland?" "Yes, it's just like Disneyland" In the name of survival, we get used to this In the name of forgiveness, we get bored For our own entertainment, we ball up our fists Take it out on the kid at the grocery store In the name of desire, we burn everything In the name of redemption, buy it back For our own entertainment, clip each other's wings Take it out on the kids when we can't keep track In the name of survival, we get used to this In the name of forgiveness, we get bored In the name of survival, we get used to this There's miles between us But boy, you should've seen us in the good old days It was just like Disneyland You didn't even see the hand that turned the page The hand that turned the page

Did you ever love a woman with a death wish? Something in her eyes, like flipping off a light switch Everybody dies, but you gotta find a reason to carry on Oh, and did you ever catch her climbing on the rooftop Higher than a kite, dead of winter in a tank top? I don't wanna fight with you, baby, but I won't leave you alone The night was young once, we were the wild ones 'Fore we had to pay attention to the violence Anything could happen, but nothing ever really did I wanted action, she wanted answers Sunrise with the dealers and the dancers It takes a whole lot of medicine to feel like a little kid Oh, and did you ever love a woman with a death wish? Something in her eyes, like flipping off a light switch Everybody dies, but you gotta find a reason to carry on Oh, and did you ever catch her climbing on the rooftop Higher than a kite, dead of winter in a tank top? I don't wanna fight with you, baby, but I won't leave you alone Who's gonna save you, who's left to pray to? What's the difference in a breakdown and a breakthrough? I saw her in the moonlight, digging up the garden bed I wanna hold her until it's over Let her sleep through the morning on my shoulder But there's nothin' I could say to her that I ain't already said Did you ever love a woman with a death wish? Something in her eyes, like flipping off a light switch Everybody dies, but you gotta find a reason to carry on Oh, and did you ever catch her climbing on the rooftop Higher than a kite, dead of winter in a tank top? I don't wanna fight with you, baby, but I won't leave you alone When your words mean nothing When the world turns to monochrome And you know she's not bluffing 'Cause you feel it in your bones You feel it in your bones Oh, and did you ever love a woman with a death wish? Something in her eyes, like flipping off a light switch Everybody dies, but you gotta find a reason to carry on Oh, and did you ever catch her climbing on the rooftop Higher than a kite, dead of winter in a tank top? I don't wanna fight with you, baby, but I won't leave you alone I wanna hold her until it's over (did you ever love a woman with a death wish?) I wanna hold her until it's over (did you ever love a woman with a death wish?) Oh, I wanna hold her until it's over (did you ever love a woman with a death wish?) I wanna hold her, I wanna hold her (did you ever love a woman with a death wish?) I wanna hold her until it's over (did you ever love a woman with a death wish?) I wanna hold her until it's over (did you ever love a woman with a death wish?) Oh, I wanna hold her until it's over (did you ever love a woman with a death wish?)

We've been testing you And you failed To see how long That you could sit with the truth But you bailed I don't think you'd even recognize the loss of control And I don't think you even see it in yourself See, every one of us is counting dice that he didn't roll And the loser is the last to ask for help Be afraid, be very afraid But do it anyway Do it anyway The stage belongs to you And you feel like a star And you can bark and snap like a dog At the man who just tuned your guitar And I don't think you'd even recognize a kid in the wings And I don't think you even see her in yourself She looks to you for what to do with all the delicate dreams But you're too terrified to be of any help Be afraid, be very afraid But do it anyway Do it anyway Be afraid, be very afraid But do it anyway Do it anyway And we don't take requests We won't shut up and sing Tell the truth enough You'll find it rhymes with everything We've been testing you And you failed To see how long that you could hold it in Before you scream But you only exhaled I don't think you even recognize the sound of your voice When it's blasting through the speakers in the sky And if your words add up to nothing, then you're making a choice To sing a cover when you need a battle cry Be afraid, be very afraid But do it anyway Do it anyway Be afraid, be very afraid But do it anyway Do it anyway Be afraid, be very afraid But do it anyway Do it anyway Be afraid, be very afraid But do it anyway Do it anyway

Well, I've tried To open up my window and let the light come in I step outside In the middle of the morning and in the evening again Yes, I've tried To be grateful for my devils and call them by their names But I'm tired And by the middle of the morning I need someone to blame I know you're scared of me, I can see it in your face I can feel it in the way you move around this place I know you're scared of me, I can see it in your smile Like an unattended child you can't quite trust But I'm tired Of stepping on your shadow and feeling in the way Yes, I'm tired And by the middle of the morning I'm out of shit to say I ain't used to this, seeing everybody's hand I was raised to be a strong and silent southern man I ain't used to this, a thousand days alone In my bed or in my head or in my phone Yes, I'm tired Of living in the moment and sleeping through the dream I step outside In the middle of the morning and the roses hear the scream I know you're scared of me, so I never get too close I just sit here on the tailgate like a farm hand's ghost Watch the roses bloom, watch them wilt away and die 'Til I notice I've been crying this whole time Well, I've tried To open up my window and let the light come in I step outside In the middle of the morning and in the evening again