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| Pearl Jam – Rats Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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don't take whats not theirs to take is actually the comparison which in reality no animal other than humans take what they're not supposed to take. Do you see rats invading other nations or rats stealing from their buddies.. No rats eat in packs hence they arent actually stealing at all. thats the irony. The real irony is as much as we think they are the plague creature we are worse... |
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| Pearl Jam – Rats Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Where to begin... firstly... this track is about SOCIETY ETHICS CAPITALISM AND CONSUMERISM and how it affects PEOPLE. It's about the soulless greedy nature of consumerist societies and how far we have gone from our roots as human beings. Sucking the blood of friends - running in packs there are plenty of references and what it depicts is that even RATS have more morals. Which in itself is ironic as RATS in the English language are considered dirty, unsanitary, plaguing animals or by association a human RAT is considered an untrustworthy sneak thief? The clever part of this track is even Humans are more of a plague than rats... Pure lyrical genius. Also the old Ben quote from the 70's MJ track in there for good measure for Eddie and the bass players nostalgia. |
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