We run blistered through the dead end verse for the twisting of threads and the quenching of thirst She ripped open my chest and she blessed the beating heart of a rat Heart of a rat We make vocal, the unflinching stare If you don't get that feeling, there's something worth stealing In the depths of my chest she caressed the beating heart of a rat Heart of a rat
[Pre-chorus 1A/2A - Rat is spotted]
A rat, a rat, a rat
[Pre-chorus 1B/2B - Rat attempts remorse, gets denial]
(And lastly...) I don't wanna talk about it (And lastly...) I don't want to see (And lastly...) I don't wanna talk about it [x2]
[Chorus 1/2 - Various rats warble above their natural range]
Because she loves me, everything is fine Because she loves me, I don't wanna die Because she loves me, everything is fine Because she loves me, I don't wanna die
[Pre-verse 2 - Rat favours ascending guitar line followed by sticky amelodic pulses]
[Verse 2 - Rat attempts psychoanalysis]
You want distance from the sickly sweet Long live the sinners who can hold down a beat And the thoughts I expressed did confess the beating heart of a rat Heart of a rat Sweet ignorance Way over in the depths of my chest At the moment you dressed, I could rest the beating heart of a rat Heart of a rat
[Pre-chorus 3A/4A - Rat cannot hide from self]
A rat, a rat, a rat
[Pre-chorus 3B/4B - Rat cannot hide from guilt]
(And lastly...) I don't wanna talk about it (And lastly...) I don't want to see (And lastly...) I don't wanna talk about it [x2]
[Chorus 3/4 - Various rats seek solace in yet more warbling]
Because she loves me, everything is fine Because she loves me, I don't wanna die Because she loves me, everything is fine Because she loves me, I don't wanna die
[Pre-verse 3 - Rat favours short ascent followed by seemingly ironic shredding and trashy half-step cadence]
[Verse 3 - Rat attempts philosophy]
We are wasted and we dance in vain For once you've existed, you'll never again But for all that it's worth, find rebirth in the heart of a rat Heart of a rat Sweet ignorance Long live the lovers who never see sense
[Outro - Ratentando]
In the depths of my chest, lay supressed, the beating heart of a rat Heart of a rat