Ready or Not is a pursual/pursued song, a theme that will be revisited in subsequent albums. The news story that inspired it is less important than knowing the skeletal idea of the song. In the case here it is a revenge tale, where formerly incarcerated individuals have just been released from decades in prison, and the families of those that they hurt have decided to take justice into their own hands.
lyrics
There’s surveillance on every edge of this town
And I do believe we’ve caught you with your pants down
And you’re quite aware what you did was a sin
So here is a hole my friend, for you to crawl in
Chorus:
OO WEE OO
OO WEE OO
OO WEE OO
Ready or not here I come
OO WEE OO
OO WEE OO
OO WEE OO
Ready or not here I come
Now the Rock Island Line is a good line of escape
But we've got all your toes tagged with the ticker tape
Gone forensic and we know just what you’ve done
Machiavelli’s gonna chase you like the sun
CHORUS
Now you think you’re somewhere where you won’t be found
Beyond Columbia and the Long Island Sound
But one step behind we’re clean right on your heels
Whenst we get to you, you’ll know how fire feels
CHORUS
And now we’ve got you where we want you, there are many holes we have dug
There is no lifeline that is left for you to tug
Are there any last words, last words for you to say?
So we can fill in these holes and call it a Judgement Day
CHORUS 2X
credits
from Feral Children's Almanac,
released February 20, 2016
Kevin Sinclair: Vocals, Guitar
Katie Grealish: Bass
Curtis Killian: Cymbals
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