Ratcatcher Lyrics

Well the rats came round

To have a go at this tired skin of mine again

Though I fought them off

It took every ounce of my strength before they fled

Exhausted and lost in my ways

I damn near welcomed the decay

No, get up and go

Give me some peace and quiet

Respite from violent

Thoughts that chase me in my sleep

Woe, I'm afraid of all the things I lack

So won't you hold me close before these lungs collapse

Broken bones, open sores,

Blood runs from my lips as they crack

No, I don't know if I can hold it, if I can hold it back

When the rats came back

Yeah I thought to myself

This is the end and I'm strangely at ease

But as their teeth sunk in

It was like something awoke

A new clarity born from pain

Abandoned though I had long felt

I found something once dead in myself

No, get up and go

I'll seize the quiet

Command the silence

Make a real home from this hell

Woe, I'm afraid of all the things I lack

So won't you hold me close before these lungs collapse

Broken bones, open sores

Blood runs from my lips as they crack

No, I don't know if I can hold it, if I can hold it back