When You're Ready Lyrics - David Wilcox

You say you get so haunted by these memories 

Well of course there must be plenty 

That you'd just as soon forget 

Here's a chance to wash away your history 

We haven't tried this on civilians yet 

But you'll have to take that risk 

To get this chance at riches 

And how much could it be worth 

To keep those same bad dreams 

Just climb up on the table 

Let me throw the switches 

It's really a remarkable machine 

And the switch is by your head 

And when it's done 

You won't know how you got here 

But you could write yourself a letter 

Yes you'll still know how to read 

Just draw yourself a map to where you're living 

And put a label on each one of your keys 

When your friends will try to tease you 

You just won't remember 

What a fool you were in high school over some old flame 

Just climb up on the table, I can quench the ember 

The past will never bother you again 

And the switch is by your head when you're ready 

Truth be told, this big machine does nothing 

But there's a change that brings 

A difference into all these people's lives 

To free them from the past 

That was their prison 

What gives them passage 

Is just the fact that they decide 

You see this big machine is harmless 

It just scares them shitless 

It's louder than a spaceship 

And the lights are strange 

They climb up on the table and I throw the switches 

And it helps them to believe that they can change 

Ahh but the switch is by your head when you're ready 

When you're ready, when you're ready