Ready - Animated Video

Animation by the very talented @Graves_Assembly https://www.youtube.com/@graves8389 He conceptualized the entire story, built every screen, and animated the video. This was originally a concept video to show what was possible with the goal of doing a more intricate animated video later, but...I love the style so much that we decided to publish this version now. There's something magical about the simplicity of this video. Perhaps we will do a more intricate animation of this song down the road a bit, but for now we hope you enjoy it! More backstory about this song and my album here: https://www.mckanedavis.com/ready 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.