Well I jumped and fled this fucking heap on doctored wings
My flailing pinions with splints and rags and crutches
(Damn things nearly hardly flap)
Canker upon canker upon one million tiny punctures
That look like
That look like
Long thin red ribbons draped across the arms of a little mortal girl
(Like a ground plan of Hell)
Curse these smarting strings
These fucking ruptures
Enough! Enough is enough!
If this is Heaven i'm bailing out
If this is Heaven i'm bailing out
If this is Heaven i'm bailing out
I can't tolerate this ol tin-tub
So full of trash and rats
Felt one crawl across my soul
For a second there, I thought I was back down in the ghetto
Rats in Paradise
Rats in Paradise
I'm bailin out
There's a mutiny in Heaven
I was born...
And Lord shaking, even then was dumped into some icy font
like some great stinky unclean
From slum-chuch to slum-church
I spilt my heart to some fat cunt behind a screen
Evil poppin eye pressed up to the opening
He'd slide shut the little perforated hatch
at night my body blushed
To the whistle of the birch
With a little practice I soon learned to use in on myself
Punishment? Reward!
Punishment?
Well, I tied on
perched on my bed I was
sticking a needle in my arm
I tied off
Fucking wings burst out my back
Like i was cutting teeth
I took off
Rats in Paradise
Rats in Paradise
There's a mutiny in Heaven
Oh Lord, I get down on my knees
I get down on my knees and start to pray
Wrapped in my mongrel wings I nearly freeze
In the howling wind and driving rain
All the trash blowing round and round
From slum-heaven into town
I take my tiny pain and rolling back my sleeve
Roll and roll and roll and roll
I yank the drip out of my vein
Utopiate
I'm bailing out
Utopiate
If this is Heaven i'm bailing out
My threadbare soul teams with vermin and louse
Thought come like a plague to the head in God's house
Rat's in paradise
Rats in paradise
Mutiny in Heaven
Mutiny in heaven
If this is heaven I'm bailing out
The way this was written was driving me nuts!
Well I jumped and fled this fucking heap on doctored wings My flailing pinions with splints and rags and crutches (Damn things nearly hardly flap) Canker upon canker upon one million tiny punctures That look like That look like Long thin red ribbons draped across the arms of a little mortal girl (Like a ground plan of Hell) Curse these smarting strings These fucking ruptures Enough! Enough is enough! If this is Heaven i'm bailing out If this is Heaven i'm bailing out If this is Heaven i'm bailing out
I can't tolerate this ol tin-tub So full of trash and rats Felt one crawl across my soul For a second there, I thought I was back down in the ghetto Rats in Paradise Rats in Paradise I'm bailin out There's a mutiny in Heaven
I was born... And Lord shaking, even then was dumped into some icy font like some great stinky unclean From slum-chuch to slum-church I spilt my heart to some fat cunt behind a screen Evil poppin eye pressed up to the opening He'd slide shut the little perforated hatch at night my body blushed To the whistle of the birch With a little practice I soon learned to use in on myself Punishment? Reward! Punishment?
Well, I tied on perched on my bed I was sticking a needle in my arm I tied off Fucking wings burst out my back Like i was cutting teeth I took off
Rats in Paradise Rats in Paradise There's a mutiny in Heaven
Oh Lord, I get down on my knees I get down on my knees and start to pray
Wrapped in my mongrel wings I nearly freeze In the howling wind and driving rain All the trash blowing round and round From slum-heaven into town I take my tiny pain and rolling back my sleeve Roll and roll and roll and roll I yank the drip out of my vein
Utopiate I'm bailing out Utopiate If this is Heaven i'm bailing out
My threadbare soul teams with vermin and louse Thought come like a plague to the head in God's house
Rat's in paradise Rats in paradise Mutiny in Heaven Mutiny in heaven If this is heaven I'm bailing out