The Rat Who Would Be King Lyrics

Lyric discussion by nmrf23 

Cover art for The Rat Who Would Be King lyrics by Matthew Good Band

"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while" is pure frustration, possibly about never actualy finding love, the entire song is something someone would say at the end of a relationship, a rat being king shows the kind of subjects he leads, most likely other rats, longing for typhoid or ashes and being alone, would seem like others may have been interfering in the relationship and if they could be alone maybe it could work. He in essence has stood aside been silent all this time, and with his final words a grenade, ends the relationship, remorsing that love is not enough, never enough.