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Charting My License Away

  • Genre: Punk Rock
  • Released: March 11, 2026
  • Length: 2:18
The words

Lyrics

Verse 1

We skid in; fluorescents buzzing overhead Your chest still; my brain already three steps ahead I’m like “tube first, bag hard”; let’s save the day My partner at the foot of the stretcher like, “Uh, you sure you wanna do it that way?”

Chorus

I just tubed a sugar of twenty-two (oh no, oh no) Somewhere a protocol’s crying too My chart’s gonna roast me alive Airway patent, patient kinda vibes Clicking every box like it’s ok While I’m charting my license away

Verse 2

He’s pale waxed, sweaty, clammy, kinda out cold I’m all jazzed like I’m crushing it, “Ten Year Pro” Partner pokes his finger; looks up, goes wide “Dude, that meter says two-two” I’m like, “Uh, glucose ride?”

Chorus 2

I just tube a sugar of twenty-two (oh yeah, oh no) Consider dextrose, page forty-two Gonna narrate this hot mess clean In moderate distress, or so it seemed Copy paste “courage” to face the day While I’m charting my license away

Bridge

Patient found unresponsive Unknown downtime, scene was tense Provider elected advanced airway In retrospect, maybe not the best way I’ll write benefit outweighed the risk And pray QA just skims through it

Chorus 3

I just tubed a sugar of twenty-two (hey, hey) Future lawyer humming, “how do ya do” I’ll write ten lines of reassess “Patient improved”, I guess, I guess Sign my name, pretend it’s all ok Yeah, while I’m charting my license away Charting my license away

About this song

“Charting My License Away” is built around one of those nightmare EMS mistakes that every medic hopes stays permanently hypothetical.

You find an unresponsive patient, your brain jumps straight to the airway, and you get so far ahead of yourself that somebody finally checks the blood sugar.

22 mg/dL.

Congratulations. You just intubated the hypoglycemic patient.

Thankfully, this one isn't autobiographical.

The song is really about what happens after the imaginary disaster — when the adrenaline wears off, the chart opens, and you realize every decision now has to be turned into a written narrative.

Because making the mistake would be bad enough.

Now you have to chart it.

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