I know I'm probably totally wrong, but this is how I always interperated it;
The song is about someone with a friend with suicidal depression. The "rat in your brain" is depression, affecting everything in the depressed person's life as their friend tries to comfort them.
I know I'm probably totally wrong, but this is how I always interperated it; The song is about someone with a friend with suicidal depression. The "rat in your brain" is depression, affecting everything in the depressed person's life as their friend tries to comfort them.