Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Porcupine Tree
Canonical path: /porcupine-tree/rats-return
Related lyric paths: 6
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Rats Return
Read Rats Return lyrics by Porcupine Tree on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Rats Return
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Leave your principles at the door
Spare me
Purge your guilt for the nameless hoards
Thrill me, you clown
You always beat the system somehow
Now the rats return to take their bow
A dog wakes inside the carnivore
A heart bleeds
A conscience won't help you to win the war
So fool me, you fraud
You always beat the system somehow
Now the rats return to take their bow
Genghis K
Pinochet
Mao Tse Tung
Kim Il-Sung
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