Jackknife

Six days straight on a caffeine drip

Cold fries, warm beer, cracked windshield

Boss on the phone sayin "one more trip"

Like the last one damn near killed me

Ex-wife want money I don't have

Getting texts I ain't seen in days

Got a picture on the dash that makes me laugh

Then I choke on the guilt when I try to sleep

Every mile

Another lie I tell myself

"I’m alright

Just one more state line"

I got a jackknife heart on a dead-end highway

Bleeding in the breakdown lane

Burned out brakes and a blown-out sky

Yeah everything's going up in flames

I'm shifting through the wreck of the life I stalled

Metal in my veins, I can’t stop the crawl

Jackknife heart on a dead-end highway

Let it twist, let it twist, let it fold (hey!)

Radio stuck on the preacher talk

Say pray your way out of the ditch

But prayer don't pay for the tire I lost

Or the pills I take just to make that switch

Back home they packed up the little house

Bank took the keys, left a note and dust

I was somewhere stuck at a weigh-out

Signing lies on a line they said to trust

Every mile

Feels like I’m just dragging chains

White lines

Carve my name in the pain

I got a jackknife heart on a dead-end highway

Bleeding in the breakdown lane

Burned out brakes and a blown-out sky

Yeah everything's going up in flames

I'm shifting through the wreck of the life I stalled

Metal in my veins, I can’t stop the crawl

Jackknife heart on a dead-end highway

Let it twist, let it twist, let it fold (woah)

If I floor it, will it fix me?

If I crash, will they miss me?

Twenty tons of all my bad decisions

Screaming in a straight-line prison

I got a jackknife heart on a dead-end highway

Bleeding in the breakdown lane

Burned out brakes and a blown-out sky

Yeah everything's going up in flames

I'm shifting through the wreck of the life I stalled

Metal in my veins, I can’t stop the crawl

Jackknife heart on a dead-end highway

Let it twist, let it twist, let it fold

Let it twist, let it twist—

Lose control