I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I have to be ready,
Said the minuteman,
One mind when I hear my name.
Cause all of it matters,
The war and the battles and
This life is a means to an end.
To inspire a dream,
That when realized you attack,
What kind of loving is this?
(Chorus)
But I still believe, and baby I'll fall or I'll stand,
But this time I finish, I finish
I want to be ready just like a minuteman,
One mind when I hear my name.
She offered her hand,
She whispered be a man,
But when I woke from sleep,
There was only me,
But I'll be ready...
I'll be ready...
All that I want to know,
Is why would I want any more?
(Chorus)
Cause I still believe, and baby I'll fall or I'll stand,
But this time I finish, I finish
I want to be ready, just like a minuteman,
One mind when I hear my name.
Said the minuteman,
One mind when I hear my name.
Cause all of it matters,
The war and the battles and
This life is a means to an end.
To inspire a dream,
That when realized you attack,
What kind of loving is this?
(Chorus)
But I still believe, and baby I'll fall or I'll stand,
But this time I finish, I finish
I want to be ready just like a minuteman,
One mind when I hear my name.
She offered her hand,
She whispered be a man,
But when I woke from sleep,
There was only me,
But I'll be ready...
I'll be ready...
All that I want to know,
Is why would I want any more?
(Chorus)
Cause I still believe, and baby I'll fall or I'll stand,
But this time I finish, I finish
I want to be ready, just like a minuteman,
One mind when I hear my name.
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