Death Wish Lyrics
Did you ever love a woman with a death wish?
Something in her eyes, like flippin' 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
[Verse 1]
The night was young once, we were the wild ones
Before we had to pay attention to the violence
Anything could happen, but nothing ever really did
I wanted action, shе wanted answers
Sunrise with thе dealers and the dancers
It takes a whole lot of medicine to feel like a little kid
[Chorus]
Oh, and did you ever love a woman with a death wish?
Something in her eyes, like flippin' 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
[Verse 2]
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 diggin' up the garden bed
I wanna hold her until it's over
Let her sleep through the morning on my shoulder
But there's nothing I can say to her that I ain't already said
Did you ever love a woman with a death wish?
Something in her eyes, like flippin' 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
[Bridge]
When your words mean nothin'
When the world turns to monochrome
And you know she's not bluffin'
'Cause you feel it in your bones
You feel it in your bones
[Chorus]
Oh, and did you ever love a woman with a death wish?
Something in her eyes, like flippin' 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
[Outro]
I wanna hold her until it's over
I wanna hold her until it's over
Oh, I wanna hold her until it's over
I wanna hold her
I wanna hold her
I wanna hold her until it's over
I wanna hold her until it's over
Oh, I wanna hold her until it's over
About
‘Death Wish’ is the first single released for the new ‘Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’ album ‘Weathervanes’.
Isbell’s Bandcamp describes:
The first of five focus tracks from the album, “Death Wish,” is about being in love with someone suffering from depression, with a powerful universal undercurrent about the fragility of life and the power and limits of love. That grown-up kind of love. Musically the track is beautiful and fascinating. Isbell, clearly, has been listening to The Cure and tiny little tracers of post-punk find their way into this song and others. Matt Pence, the drummer and engineer, came into the studio to help with the drum sound. He got a bunch of kits set up and they arrived on structure for “Death Wish.” The kick drum hits on the two, which was weird and disconcerting, even upsetting, until it clicked. Now it feels complicated and intricate, yet never fragile, like the subject of the song itself. As the first track it announces that Isbell is an artist growing, exploring new musical frontiers. The Sylvia Massy-added strings make it big and ambitious, almost like a James Bond theme song.
Q&A
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This is the kind of song that I have wanted to write for a long time. It’s expansive from the production, but also you can tell from Jack White doing the acoustic cover that he did, it still feels like a broad, expansive sort of thing. That’s a modern type of songwriting that I’m really drawn to, but it’s also antithetical to the roots-music ideal. And after ‘Death Wish’ is over, I feel like, you’ve hung in there with me through this sort of experimental thing. Now I can give you something that is a little bit more comfortable for your palate, something you’re a little more used to from me.
- 1.Death Wish
- 9.Volunteer
- 10.Vestavia Hills
- 11.White Beretta
- 12.This Ain’t It
- 13.Miles
