King Rat

This song would have been the best on the "We Were Dead" album if the assholes at Epic didn't make them cut it. Do you know why that is? Because the assholes at Epic don't like for you to hear a song that's about how it's so crazy that we're imprisoned by our insane obsession to own possessions even though we could live like animals, own nothing, and be perfectly at peace.

I wonder how many other great songs we'll never hear because of those assholes at epic.

ok, someone took off the wrong lyrics and posted their own set of wrong lyrics. the song goes something like this:

(Heh heh, I love this shit)

Well! Well! Well! Well

We spun like birds on fire right Down towards the residence and I I took all that I desired Even crooks have to pay the rent

We swam like rats on fire right Right down the reservoir We took all that we could carry But we tried to carry more

You know, you know, You know it all went wrong You know, you know, You know it was all wrong

We choked on street tap water Well, I'm gonna have to try the real thing I took your lab by the collar And it knew not to swing

Anytime I tried an honest job Well the till had a hole in ha-ha We laughed about paying rent Cuz the county jails, they're free

You know, you know, You know it was all wrong You know, you know, You know it was all wrong

Deep water, deep water Senseless denial I went down like a rag doll (Heavy?) with child

Well deep water, deep water Senseless denial I went down like a rag doll (Heavy?) with child

Well, oh lucky lucky lucky lucky me again I said it looks like it's time to use my feet again Well, I just spent my last $100 God, I'll pay my bail again

I don't care

I just don't care

Deep water, deep water Senseless denial I went down like a rag doll (Shooken and shy?)

Deep water, deep water Senseless denial I went down like a burned out rat of a child

Well, King Rat has me on his list again I can never be on the fence again Well, I found out it's all loud Open like an organ and it Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk again Well he promised me that when I cheated them That I could open my (heart?), well Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky me again

Deep water, deep water Senseless denial I got fed like a fish Full of open smiles

Well blue water, deep water Oh senseless denial I got fed a fist by the (cop fuck's smile?)

Well! Well!

What do you have to say for yourself? I said well well! Well! I said well, well, well, well, well!

Lucky lucky lucky lucky me again I hardly knew I should use my feet again What do you have to say for yourself? What do you have to say for yourself?

obviously i'm still unsure about some of the lyrics. maybe someone else can shed some light on it, but that's the closest i can get.

These lyrics aren't very accurate. Someone fix them.

"choked on straight tap water"

"heavy with child"

"I'll pay my bail again"

Ok a lot of you are taking this the wrong way. Watch, read, and listen to Issacs interviews. He's been in jail, an alchoholic, drugs, fights. A dirt life.

Think of a city rat. Always going through what other people cause waste. Causing trouble, and having fun with it.

I think this follows the theme of growing up. Issac was (and still probably is) a rough around the edges guy. The line "county jails are free." was talking about not minding the trouble they were getting in. Everything in the persons life is a mess, and going down hill. In flames. Yet, still lssac laughs and is energetic.

The "lucky lucky me" obviously sarcastic. He knows that it's not amounting to anything and he would have to work his way up from where he is if he wants to reach his own standard of happiness.

Also, please remember this song and most of these songs were written a while ago. You can't look for the meaning of it by lookig at them today

it is i got fed a fish, its i got fed a fist full of open smiles, and i got fed a fist by the con fuck "styles". and they chorus is deep water deep water senseless denial, i went down like rag doll, rage of a child. the last repetition of the chorus is deep water deep water senseless denial, i went down like rag doll kicked by a child, deep water deep water, senseless denial, i went down like a bird dog the chase had made tired. its not i found out its all loud, its i found out the old mans tounge had opened like and organ and it talk talk talk talk talked again. honest even when i cheated them, but i could owe them my heart. im looking at the lyrics sheet

The language of the piece seems almost Dickensian, which indicates the subject would be either gangsters of the mid-1800s to possibly as late as the 1930s, or the almost mercenarily amoral sailors (even those associated with non-privateer navy or trade fleets) of the early end of that period.

Third stanza, the first line, "We choked on street tap water" should prolly be "We choked on straight tap water". It's one of my favorite lines in this song, so I hope it's right.

Haa i was just about to put them up. no comment on meaning yet.

Haa i was just about to put them up. no comment on meaning yet.

I posted lyrics for this but I guess you beat me to it. damn. I think its "well I took your laugh by the carton" instead of "I took your [?] by the car car" and I think at the end its "why do you have to settle for your self". maybe not though good job. I dont understand why this wasnt there single this song doesnt suck its wierd. I dont think johnny marr had anything to do with it.