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I've never been able to figure out if Rats is pro or anti rat. please help me.

When Ed sings "They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way..." I always think "Fuck you, Ed. They absolutely do."

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and they totally shit where they're not supposed to.

I've honestly never really understood the lyrics to Rats.

They're not supposed to shit anywhere. Anywhere they shit, they're still not shitting where they're not supposed to.

Well now I'm even more confused!

What does stip have to say about this?

Guys all the stuff he says the don't do are things that they do. It's irony and whatnot.

i love Rats, fun song.

Super fun song.

Loved finally hearing it at MSG couple years back.

Lick the dirt off hakeem olajuwan's feet

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys all the stuff he says the don't do are things that they do. It's irony and whatnot.

its confusing when he drops the 'donts' halfway through the verse. Come on Eddie, squeeze them in.

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys all the stuff he says the don't do are things that they do. It's irony and whatnot.

its confusing when he drops the 'donts' halfway through the verse. Come on Eddie, squeeze them in.

Ed probably just forgot the words half way through.

Go, Blood, RVM, and Indifference are the Vs. highlights for me. Never really cared for Animal as much as much as others, either. I don't go back to it often, but when I do, I enjoy it quite a bit.

ok Vs.. wow, strong memories about this record...i think i heard this in 1994, i didnt quite like ten as i was more into other music ( yeah Roxette and Guns n roses) but some of the grunge bands were slowly entering my radar, Nirvana being the most obvious one.
Vs was a strong push towards liking PJ, specially those first 3 songs...My god i was fucked up by then.

EJ wrote:Lick the dirt off hakeem olajuwan's feet

i can remember the first time i heard go, and waking up in the morning when my brother got the CD the night before at a mid night sale. this and no code switch my #1 spot constantly.

warehouse wrote:i can remember the first time i heard go, and waking up in the morning when my brother got the CD the night before at a mid night sale. this and no code switch my #1 spot constantly.

for me too...all the time.

On October 19th 1993 Pearl Jam were the most important thing in my life.