Lyric discussion by khdewine 

Cover art for Alligator lyrics by Tegan and Sara

Do you guys think it could be "rattled" and not "rotten"??

I have just listened to the track on the album, and it does sound very much like rattled.

Sounds like rattled to me. Rattled would fit more with the lyrics.

yeah, rotten was just kind of what we threw in from the rifflandia recording because it was so unclear xD