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Rat Riot
02:44
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they run through the streets while evryone sleeps
quiet as night and there's no one in sight
but the sewage heats and the mothers repeat
there is nothing to worry about
there's a shuffling of feet and a squeak underground
its the pest! Someone says with his tongue cut out
but he's wrong, proofs the quack and they carry him back
to the locked ward for mental disease
and the gathering crowd sees the sun melt down
as they're takin over the town
its a rat riot!
And the city's on fire
its a rat riot!
All that you desire
they're burning the palace and burning the cars
rats don't have nothin to lose
they ravage the churches, gnawing the cross
the rage can't at all be defused
the state is gone broke and the cops all corrupt
but slowly they're losing the ground
rats tearing apart and they cannot be stopped
the rat now is chasing the hound
and the gathering crowd sees the sun melt down
as they're takin over the town
its a rat riot!
And the city's on fire
its a rat riot!
Its life on the high wire
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2. |
Ape Of Calypso
04:15
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I am fourdimensional
I am threedimensional
I am twodimensional
I am one
(I'm an) ape in the rain < with a face so inhumane
and there is nothing to see < in that face... of meee
You remember the stories < of the ancient greeks?
Calypso waiting by the shore < you know, what she seeks?
Ulysses sailing < on the old blue vast
She waves him in, whispers < he'll see my last
They draw near and < descend the plank
She peers in his eyes and < her face goes blank
(they speak)
I'm the ape of calypso
and I'm sinkin my ship so
you can all see it
wouldnt that be great?
Some retarded conjurer < turned him into an ape
she thinks, if I loved him < wouldn't that be rape?
However, she falls in love < with that anthropoid
she could no more look < in the eyes of a dr. freud
(they speak)
I'm the ape of calypso
and I'm sinkin my ship so
you can all see it
wouldnt that be great?
Ulysses turns out discontent < with his state
the gravitation of bananas < you shouldn't underestimate
(in tears she) sets him free on a raft < just to see him smile
the climate on that vessel turned to < be pretty hostile
the sea split open (parted) and a maelstrom < swallowed him down
apocalypse but not the smallest < sign of a frown
He was the ape of calypso
and he's sinkin his ship so
you could all see it
wasn't that great?
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3. |
Batrider
02:26
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You‘re a black bat -
I‘m a riding rat -
using your paper wings -
so I can glide through the night -
I‘m a batrider
you‘re the decider
you‘re my decider
I‘m your batrider
I‘m curling in my pain -
lips bloodred again -
biting your paper wings -
chewing all kinds of things -
I‘m a batrider
you‘re the decider
you‘re my decider
I‘m your batrider
Bats are clicking through the night
Blind cats howling for a fight
Batrider attacks from behind
Rats riding bats are the dangerous kahahahind
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4. |
Rad Rat/Fucked Up Kid
05:03
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Bald head and leather boots
drives the city into cahoots
his sister is a superhero (he says:)
'girls are fags!' and loves robrat deniro
nazi rat's a fucked up kid
loser of the system, he's fallin through the grid
club in hand he threatens little kids
always in a fight with the other misfits
lying on the ground he lifts his hand
'one day I'm gonna start a nazi-band!'
nazi rat's a fucked up kid
loser of the system, he's fallin through the grid
- transition to superhero -
RAD RAT!
Superhero rat attack
always up on your back
never sleeps and never rests
and the night is pitch black
surfin through the city, surfin through your mind
helpin out the villains out of an ugly fight
she's a shadow rat in the night
she don't need no truncheon
oppression dysfuntion
the police is powerless
on her transgressions
surfin through the city, surfin through your mind
helpin out the villains out of an ugly fight
she's a shadow rat in the night
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5. |
Big As Cats
03:55
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It is very surreal thinking back
Lousy Days in a muddy crack
shells are whistling overhead
reading books behind the rusty shed
I lived in a hole over months and months
there was no living way out
“in the flooded ditch outside
the rats are paddling about”
“As the yellow dawn creeps up” from behind
the sentries sing a song
it echoes in the fascists brain at night
their sentry hums along
No God, No State's our alternative
hierarchies are bloody...conservative
No God, No State's our alternative
we are the people, we can think for ourselves!
There was no sight of aristocrats
They had rats, rats, oh as big as cats
No democratic bureaucrats
They had rats, rats, oh as big as cats
It's the state in which the people turn to things
this system supports greed, you know what it brings
people are different, can't be all the same
it's you against me, you know what's to blame
It's a disease of the alphabet
throwing up letters onto flags all red
socialists, communists and anarchists
it seemed, the separation was made in a newspaper's war
No God, No State's our alternative
hierarchies are bloody...conservative
No God, No State's our alternative
we are the people, we can think for ourselves!
There was no sight of aristocrats
They had rats, rats, oh as big as cats
No democratic bureaucrats
They had rats, rats, oh as big as cats
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6. |
Desert Rat
02:25
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7. |
Rewind/Repeat
02:01
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Rewind, Repeat
there‘s an old tape in the player
playin rat songs for today
we‘re the rats freakin out to those songs
we‘re the rats all squeakin along
rewind, repeat….
Fast forward
we‘re the misfits of our time
intellectual crippling of the mind
we‘re the scum, we‘re the bombtrash kids
we‘re being fed the pseudo liberal shit
rewind, repeat….
Fast forward
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8. |
Drunk Rats In Trash Cans
00:30
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hahaha
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9. |
Teeeth
02:46
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No one loves you
smile so uninspired
really don't wanna cross your path at all
you turn your eyes to me
gnashin your teeth
waiting to bite your way
really dont want to be in my skin right now
and youre crushin my will
youre just an animal, so am I
see, we're just animals
so go for the thrill and fuck it all
fuck it all up, go fuck it all
a mouth full of cavities
that shuns any talk
you'd be better off not bein in your shoes right now
your frustation stares at me
gnashin your teeth
waiting to bite my tongue
I'd better keep to myself what I'm thinkin right now
and your teeth crush my will
youre just an animal, so am I
see, we're hust animals
so shoot for the thrill and fuck it all
fuck it all up, fuck it all..
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10. |
Dogs
03:10
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We are the anarchy dogs
we're pissin onto our neat clean rugs
those maggots in your brain
they'll chew you up, driving you insane
take a dive in the pond
get the s**t outta here
and all that's left in your eyes
is cold, naked fear
we're crashing through your door
we're barking, whats this shit life for?
Ram our claws into white skin
cause it is that skin, you are hiding in
step outside the door
and stand in the rain
freezing to the core
it overwhelms your brain
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Rats Run Riot Berlin, Germany
SHOWS:
* Jun 23 Lohmühle
* Jul 28-30 Para Yok
punk is just fun, liberation from
trying to be who you are not. it should be for everyone of every gender, form & class, so:
let the rats run riot in your brain and in your street, write & play some songs with your friends to make this world a much less painful place!
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