Synthetic Medic · Song lyrics

Like I’ve Got That Time

Genre: Rock
Released: July 1, 2026
Length: 04:05

The words

Lyrics

Verse 1

Lights in the mirror, foot to the floor Dispatch says they're barely breathing anymore Hands on the monitor, placing the leads Trying to figure out exactly what they need Family's crying, partner's moving fast Trying to make a few more minutes last Then somebody says from somewhere behind Don't forget their insurance this time

Pre-Chorus

Maybe when the dust settles Maybe when the smoke clears Maybe when the patient isn't circling the drain in here

Chorus

Like I’ve got that time While I'm trying to keep a heartbeat alive Trying to keep somebody's mother Making it through tonight Like I’ve got that time To hunt down policy numbers And subscriber IDs You want Medicare I want a return of circulation Guess it's different things we feel we need

Verse 2

Pressure's dropping, rhythm's weak Everybody's looking right at me Meds are drawn and ready to go Making decisions on the fly alone Every warning sign is flashing red Trying to stay a few steps ahead Then another checkbox comes to mind Get their insurance verified

Pre-Chorus

Maybe after the airway Maybe after the shock Maybe after I stop somebody From dying in this parking lot

Chorus 2

Like I’ve got that time While I'm trying to keep a heartbeat alive Trying to keep somebody's father Making it through tonight Like I’ve got that time To hunt down policy numbers And subscriber IDs You want Medicare I want a return of circulation Guess it's different things we feel we need

Bridge

Different priorities Different points of view One of us is fighting death One of us is chasing revenue You want a signature And a Member ID While I'm here doing Your job simultaneously? One of us is watching rhythms One of us is counting forms Funny how we're standing In completely different storms

Chorus 3

Like I’ve got that time While I'm trying to keep a heartbeat alive Trying to keep somebody's whole world From ending here tonight Like I’ve got that time To hunt down policy numbers And subscriber IDs You want Medicare I want a return of circulation Guess it's different things we feel we need

Outro

But one of these can wait And one of these can't

About this song

Synthetic Medic songs normally followed a pretty simple release schedule.

Monday.

Friday.

This one came out on a Wednesday.

Completely coincidentally, of course, that Wednesday also happened to be the first day of a new push to collect patient insurance information in the field.

And thus, “Like I’ve Got That Time” suddenly became an emergency release.

The song isn't arguing that insurance information, documentation or billing never matters.

It's about priority.

When somebody is critically ill, there are only so many hands, only so many minutes and a considerably more urgent list of things demanding a paramedic's attention.

Airway.

Breathing.

Circulation.

Monitor.

Medications.

Reassessment.

Keeping somebody alive long enough to reach the hospital.

Somewhere considerably farther down that list: subscriber ID.

There may eventually be a perfectly reasonable time for somebody to figure out how the bill gets paid.

The middle of a resuscitation probably isn't that time.

“Like I’ve Got That Time” is the petty, Wednesday-afternoon musical response to the collision between clinical priorities and administrative ones.

One side wants a policy number.

The other wants a pulse.

Honestly, the insurance part is above my pay grade.

And the song ends with the only triage decision that really matters:

One of these can wait. One of these can't.

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