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Well I ain't sure but I been told
He's baking cakes inside our souls stayed awake took a nap got myself my
Bottles back
I'm breaking them out in the street
Walkin' 'round in my bare feet
I do not need you to tell me that I am not a cat
I cause a ride we caught some air
He's never gonna cut his hair
It takes more time to make a fake we night swam down in the lake washed the
Dirt off our intentions prattle on 'bout bad inventions
I came as ice
I came as a whore
I came as advice that came too short
I came as gold
I came as crap
I came clean and I came as a rat
It takes a long time but God dies too
But not before he'll stick it to you
Well I ain't sure but I been told
You never die and you never grow old
I came as call
I came as flat
I came too soon so I came back
I came as flowers
I came as nice
I came as dirt and I came as it's price
It takes a long time but God dies too
But not before he'll stick it to you
I don't know but I been told you never die and you never grow old
He's baking cakes inside our souls stayed awake took a nap got myself my
Bottles back
I'm breaking them out in the street
Walkin' 'round in my bare feet
I do not need you to tell me that I am not a cat
I cause a ride we caught some air
He's never gonna cut his hair
It takes more time to make a fake we night swam down in the lake washed the
Dirt off our intentions prattle on 'bout bad inventions
I came as ice
I came as a whore
I came as advice that came too short
I came as gold
I came as crap
I came clean and I came as a rat
It takes a long time but God dies too
But not before he'll stick it to you
Well I ain't sure but I been told
You never die and you never grow old
I came as call
I came as flat
I came too soon so I came back
I came as flowers
I came as nice
I came as dirt and I came as it's price
It takes a long time but God dies too
But not before he'll stick it to you
I don't know but I been told you never die and you never grow old
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"I Came as a Rat (Long Walk off a Short Dock)" as written by Brock/judy/green
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S'right. You heard me. lol
You said, "I hope you live forever"
Don't you wish that on me
You said, "Don't be clever"
its like someone is trying to wish the best for the speaker but it really is the worst thing the speaker could have imagined because living forever just means more of the bad in life rather than the good. Its very pesamistic but most mouse songs are kind of like that. The person then just says don't be clever like the speaker is just tryin to be funny, some people could think that to live forever (or the afterlife) is our only goal in life. When really its just to make the most out of what we have. There is nothing greater than living so just go with it. Maybe there is an afterlife or heaven or w/e but noone knows. You shouldn't get your hopes up.
I came as a rat seems to be about reincarnation because its saying all these things he came as. But its always turns to something bad. Life is never always good and thats y brock doesn't want to live forever. Doin the cockroach i guess is the same too with life being just repetitive cycles that seem endless. With alot of his songs Brock just seems to be denying the hope religion gives to us because its better to work with what we know we have here and create our own hope instead of hoping for more in the unknown future. idk thoughts are ramblin on... its what modest mouse and all great music makes me do.
“Well, I ain't sure, but I been told
He's baking cakes inside our souls”
Rumour.
Warm souls. Pleasant people/person.
“Stayed awake, took a nap
Got myself my bottles back”
Tired. Then recharged, fresh.
Got his sanity back. Got his mind back together. His thoughts are collected.
“I'm breaking them out on the street
Walking around in my bare feet”
He’s going to back to his old state. He’s doing it on purpose.
Walking around as himself, and nothing more. In his bare feet, it just him and the earth he walks on.
“I do not need you to tell me that I am not a cat”
You don’t need to tell him that he’s something he’s not. You don’t need to tell him who he is.
“I caught a ride, we caught some air
He's never going to cut his hair”
“I” caught a ride, “we” caught some air. He caught a ride to meet with someone. To refresh.
He’s never going to cut his hair because he is comfortable with who he is and doesn’t need people to tell him what/who to be.
“It takes more time to make a fake
We night-swam down in the lake
Washed the dirt off our intentions
Prattle on about bad inventions”
It takes more effort to be someone you’re not.
Night, dark, no one can see you. There’s no need to be someone you’re not.
Cleaning your bad intentions to something good. You don’t mean to be someone you’re not.
Prattle about common topics that normal people talk about. Back to normal.
“I came as ice, I came as a whore
I came as advice that came too short
I came as gold, I came as crap
I came clean and I came as a rat”
Came cold, but came used.
He came as helpful, but it wasn’t enough. He wasn’t enough.
He came as something everyone loved, but he was something everyone hated.
He came out with the truth to reveal he was a dirty sneaky person. A rat.
“It takes a long time, but God dies too
But not before he'll stick it to you
Well, I don't know, but I been told
You never die and you never grow old”
It takes a long time but eventually even the great and almighty meets their ends. But until then he will always be known as great and almighty – always better than you.
The last two lines could mean a number of things. Perhaps he’s talking about god. How he’ll never die and he’ll never grow old. But it’s a rumour, for he has no real evidence nor does anyone else. The “you” implies he is talking to you. He’s talking to the audience. Throughout the song he talks about himself. These are the lessons he has learnt. And it’s a lesson to you.
I haven't a clue what to make of that. Maybe it might clear a few things up.