Ready

Backstory

“Inspired by Proverbs 16:32 and the book “The Choice”. It’s a companion song to “Every Step’”

Lyrics

Proof in the past - found like an old note.
There between the lines, there's something I know I know
I could tear up now but the feeling’s already taken hold
The emptiness has got me by the throat
Saying oh come on strike that match
Over a field of pain and a brittle past

Like a call in the night from a rotary phone
Through the static on the line, the voice says I know you know
I could hang it up now but the feeling’s already taken hold
The voice on the line has got me by the throat.
Saying oh come on strike that match
Oh...ver a field of pain and a brittle past

I was ready
The fire in my mind it was spreading
I was willing to burn down this house we had built
And I swore I would take this all with me.
I was ready
Now the fire in my heart and my belly
I was willing to burn every bridge we had built
And I swore I could take this whole city.

I kept having this dream where darkness circled me and I couldn't talk
I curled up and waited for help for so long noone ever showed up.
That same hollow feeling set in just like back when I was a kid.
The nights went away with the days but that darkness never did.
Saying oh come on light that spark
Over dying hope and brittle heart

I was ready
The fire in my mind - it was spreading
I was willing to burn down this house we had built
And I swore I would take this all with me.
I was ready
Now the fire in my heart and my belly
I was willing to burn every bridge we had built
And I swore I would take this whole city.

Then a kind woman came to me
To save me from myself and rewrote the dream
Like a mother, a sister a friend 
She spoke softly
And said “you can't quench a fire by soaking it with gasoline.
You can't quench a fire by soaking it with gasoline.”

Nobody sang, nobody sang, no hallelujah
Just the static on the line, and a light that slowly shines and passes through us 
Nobody sang, nobody sang, no rousing chorus
Just the past we leave behind and the light that softly shines before us.

Credits

Written by: McKane Davis
Guitars and Vocals: McKane Davis
Guitars, Keyboard: Steve Varney
Drums: Max Barcelow
Bass: John Paul Grigsby
Backup Vocals: Cosette Smith
Backup Vocals: Rob Gardner