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Rats
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Singer/Songwriter
Rats was released on January 1, 2010 by Cherry Red Records as a part of the album Beau
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AlbumBeau
Release DateJanuary 1, 2010
LabelCherry Red Records
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM160

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Beau
Beau
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Christopher John Trevor Midgley
Christopher John Trevor Midgley
Composer

Lyrics

It was 3am and the streets of the city
Were soaked by the deluge of rain
The neon and sodium lights reflected brightly from the polished pavements
With no movement save that of the rain itself
And the alternating colours of the traffic light
The streets were silent
And then the rats came
They came from the sewers that overflowed
With the increasing demands of the flood
Out of the drains from all sides they came in their twos and threes
Two and three hundreds, two and three thousands until
The alleys and paths, the bridges and streets
The main thoroughfares and the precincts
All were filled with the scurrying of feet
And the dull sound of the rain hammering
Upon the shining black backs of the teeming refugees
On and on they came to take shelter and to feed
At the feet of Christ who hung upon the cross
Outside the Church of the Sacred Heart in the centre of the City's square
And here in their hundreds of thousands they ate
And having done so slipped away into the night
From whence they had come
By morning, the waters had subsided
As had the tide of rats, and the centre of the city was unchanged
Unchanged except to those whose early journey
Took them past the Church of the Sacred Heart
And who noticed in passing that the eyes of the hanging Christ
Now looked to the darkened sky and the feet were gone
Written by: C.J.T.Midgley
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