So... I could see Rob Zombie joking that this song is about rats, but even at that I don't like that way Mr.Lyricexpert makes it sound obvious then lists some downright wacky interpretations:
"Well rats are living creatures and people have been known to have rats on their bed. Duh!", "Do I even need to explain this lyric? No, I won't bother."
Those are opinions and far from expert. I think this song is about people's tendency towards doing evil or towards evil urges (not that everyone has these tendencies, just about it them general). I'm not going to try to fit every part of this song to my opinion because I honestly can't make a strong connection to all of it, but here are a few I think support my claim:
'Creature core' refers to the instinctual/primal nature of sinister urges.
'Rats are we/can't break free' speaks to our inability to see the urges for what they are, our inability to resist. Rats are scavengers and are motivated by instinct alone, not at all by thought. He's comparing us to rats in the way that we let our urges move us without at all consider the urge/motivation.
'Stabbin out the city's crowd' crowds tend to be capable of the worst atrocities.
So... I could see Rob Zombie joking that this song is about rats, but even at that I don't like that way Mr.Lyricexpert makes it sound obvious then lists some downright wacky interpretations:
"Well rats are living creatures and people have been known to have rats on their bed. Duh!", "Do I even need to explain this lyric? No, I won't bother."
Those are opinions and far from expert. I think this song is about people's tendency towards doing evil or towards evil urges (not that everyone has these tendencies, just about it them general). I'm not going to try to fit every part of this song to my opinion because I honestly can't make a strong connection to all of it, but here are a few I think support my claim:
'Creature core' refers to the instinctual/primal nature of sinister urges. 'Rats are we/can't break free' speaks to our inability to see the urges for what they are, our inability to resist. Rats are scavengers and are motivated by instinct alone, not at all by thought. He's comparing us to rats in the way that we let our urges move us without at all consider the urge/motivation. 'Stabbin out the city's crowd' crowds tend to be capable of the worst atrocities.