Rat Queen
by The Mountain Goats
From the album: Getting Into Knives
Track 10 of 13 on Getting Into Knives (2020).
Duration: 4:09
Lyrics for Rat Queen
Meek subjects by torchlight Come to pay their respects As foretold by the ancient texts Line snaking down the sewer Reverent hush upon the crowd One by one we approach The figure in the shroud New dreams New dreams for the rat queen New dreams New dreams for the rat queen Great warm throbbing hum of the undercity At one with the purpose I am a faceless, nameless acolyte Here tonight at your service Take my visions, make them real Impose them on the world above All the dead sleepwalkers Who never learned how to love New dreams New dreams for the rat queen New dreams New dreams for the rat queen Brand new dreams, great visions Something heady and threatening On the boil in the kitchen Arise from the storm drains Take to the streets We who have never once tasted The stench of defeat Victory sweet as the dregs of the fast food dumpster Look how they jump when we show up Like they've just seen a monster New dreams New dreams for the rat queen New dreams New dreams for the rat queen