Cast a Light (feat. José González)

Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you
Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you;
Returning nightmares only shadows
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright,
cast some light and you'll be alright.

Wow! Look what I've done,
Made my girl a mum and a brand new son.
How you doing little fella? My names Dad,
No need to cry now don't be sad.
I'm gonna take good care of you,
Starting today I swear to you
You're never gonna go without,
Might not always get what you want
But anything you need you'll get no doubt
All you gotta do is shout and I'll be right there or thereabouts;
‘Cause I really care about you, and I don't ever want you
To go through what I went through when I was a little yout',
No father figure to look up to
Just one woman who provides the food,
But can't afford to buy you shoes.
Nah 'llow that boy, I'm here for life,
And I want your one to be nice
So I'm gonna stick by your mum's side
And stay right there till the day that I die
I'll provide
– Everything you need to succeed, ain't gotta worry ‘bout a thing -
‘Cause your daddy raps and sings
And when he makes tracks it brings
Money and expensive things to the table,
‘Cause he's big and he's signed to a label;
Likes to take risks, ain't afraid to play ball.
Anyways little man - you look tired, and my parking tickets expired
So I'm going outside to sort it out and smoke a snout,
Be back in a while.

Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you
Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you;
Returning nightmares only shadows
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright,
cast some light and you'll be alright.

Hey come on now open the door,
You're fourteen years old, not four.
I don't wanna hear you cry no more,
I know its your birthday that's why
Ah! I'm sorry that I spoiled it,
You know I didn't mean it when
I said I shoulda wanked you down the toilet
Its' just sometimes you make me see red
And i get a screw loose in my head,
Plus I was already angry,
You know I just sacked my bass player Andy
‘Cause he fucked my girlfriend called Candy
On the launch night of The Best of Plan B.
I shoulda known this day would come.
Oh! How I wish I'd stayed with your mum,
Made things work, I'm so dumb,
Worse than that – I'm a cunt.
Fuck me I need a fag.
Oh! Come on son, don't be like that,
All I need's a drag,
I know I said I'd quit but I feel like shit and I need it bad.
Okay, come out your room now it's your day,
Go back downstairs with your mates
and blow out the candles on your cake.

Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you
Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you;
Returning nightmares only shadows
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright,
cast some light and you'll be alright.

Hey son, don't cry, know it's hard but you have to try
Hold it together and accept that I
Lived my life now I'm going to die.
‘Course I wish I could turn back time
Before my lungs became cancerous
If I knew then what I know now I would have put up with the anxiousness
That you feel when you need a snout,
But shoulda, woulda, coulda can't help me now,
So let's not waste the time I have left,
‘Specially when I got a lot to get off my chest.
I need to tell you this now - When you was born I made a vow:
Crossed my heart and hoped to die, looked to the sky and swore that I
Would never let you down,
So I'm sorry that I did
When you was a kid and I spent months being on tour.
No son it ain't alright, I really shoulda been there more
Been there for you when you needed me,
Instead of going out and cheating repeatedly
On your poor old mother, yeah I really do love her,
It's a shame I only realise now
There's a tube in my arm that a drip goes down.
Sitting here waiting till this shit goes down
Who woulda thought out of Cassel and me,
That old motherfucker would outlive me.
Though I never went deaf like Beni G,
Or fucked my liver with hennesy,
I'm still gonna die before I get to see
My grandkids grow up to be
Old enough to have a drink with me.
But hey,
That's life,
What's that?
That's nice.
Can't you see
That light?
Coming from the ceiling shining bright.
Son I think I'm about to die
Feel like I'm goin up, up to the sky
I thought I'd be afraid but I feel alright,
My lungs feel good they don't feel tight
Son I love you, please don't cry,
Everything's gonna be just fine
Going to heaven don't mean I've died,
I'm'a live forever down deep inside
Your heart until it stops, and they send you up here
But until that time, you're gonna be fine, I'll watch over you from here.

Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you
Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you;
Returning nightmares only shadows
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright,
cast some light and you'll be alright