Heart of Stone

"Heart Of Stone" is Jelly Roll's deeply personal, slightly desperate prayer to the Almighty. Teetering on the edge of self-destruction, his need for change outweighs the pull toward crippling habits and decisions. Jelly Roll described "Heart Of Stone" to Rolling Stone as "the ultimate cry for help" - a stark, painful glimpse into a man clawing his way back from a self-inflicted hell.

The song's inspiration comes from Jelly Roll's commitment to revealing his true self in his music. He explained, "My whole music is about honesty. I love the idea of being like, 'God, I know I need you, you know what I mean. But you got to come over here. I'm in a really dark place.'"

Jelly Roll has wrestled with incarceration, addiction, and mental illness for much of his life, and he's turned that experience into a catalogue of soul-baring songs that make listeners feel seen in their own struggles. Take "Save Me" (2020), for example - a song so raw and desperate that it practically begs for redemption. Then there's "Son Of A Sinner" (2022), a country-tinged confessional about past missteps and the long, uphill climb toward something better. And let's not forget "Need A Favor" (2023), in which Jelly Roll admits, rather bluntly, that he only prays when he's in trouble.