Well. Where can I begin.
I blame this one on Richard Dawkins and the chapter on rodents in his amazing book "The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution". Dawkins speculates that there's a greater possibility of humans becoming extinct and rats surviving than the other way around. That got me thinking...
Music/Instr./Vocals...
err...growling & shouting: Peter Watkinson
Lyrics: Donna Devine
The Rats(v1)
65 million years for us
To come into our own
65 million years to wait
Before our time had come
Finally Armageddon
When some fool hit the red
Leaving us in freedom
With the human species dead
Chorus
Arsenic Ratsac Warfarin
We survived them all
At last the earth
Belongs to us
Oh, how the mighty fall
Wretched humans
Pale and weak
Outshouted by
A rodent squeak
(v2)
Every ship you sailed on
To build your lives anew
We travelled with the cargo
And journeyed there with you
We crouched along a gangplank
Or scurried up wet ropes
We were the shadow side
Of all of your dreams and hopes
Chorus
Arsenic Ratsac Warfarin
We survived them all
At last the earth
Belongs to us
Oh, how the mighty fall
Wretched humans
Pale and weak
Outshouted by
A rodent squeak
Bridge
We gave you gifts of malice
Like typhus and the plague
But you were your worst enemy
Now see the choice you made
(v3)
Since the dust has settled
And nuclear winter's past
We've gnawed our way through
Tokyo, Toronto and Belfast
Had gastronomic pleasure
In London and New York
Dined on human corpses
That tasted just like pork
Chorus
Arsenic Ratsac Warfarin
We survived them all
At last the earth
Belongs to us
Oh, how the mighty fall
Wretched humans
Pale and weak
Outshouted by
A rodent squeak
Outro
We're no longer lean
But we're still mean
A gnawing machine
*Sound of rats squeaking, soft at first and then louder, more aggressive
� 2010 Donna Devine
« Last Edit: September 20, 2013, 01:31:52 AM by Donna »
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