Lyric discussion by DukeOfPrunes 

Cover art for Shutout lyrics by Walker Brothers, The

I believe he's saying "freeze off this ratmosphere"; a very colorful play on words that conjures the dank and horrifying environment in which this narrative takes place.

I love the surrealistic yet very expressive ways he toys with language. "Something attacked the earth last night with a "kick that man-habit" eye". The whole song paints such a vivid and unsettling picture although remaining obscured, although it seems to hold an underlying theme of sexual torture:

"How will we know The great doll" : "all the ways we will violate (know in the carnal sense) this dehumanized body "the great doll".

There were faces Bobbing in the heat For some rising From her zone Moving, hitting, Holding on

seems to allude to sexual torture which is in keeping with the theme of the rest of Scott's four songs on this album.