Rat Queen

The Mountain Goats * Track #10 On Getting Into Knives

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Album Getting Into Knives

ALBUM

The Mountain Goats

2020

Rat Queen by The Mountain Goats

Release Date

Fri Oct 23 2020

Performed by

The Mountain Goats

Produced by

Matt Ross-Spang

Writed by

John Darnielle

About

“Rat Queen” appears on Getting Into Knives. Before its release, the first verse of the lyrics was posted to Twitter as they appear on the inner sleeve of the vinyl copies.

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Rat Queen Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
New dreams
New dreams for the rat queen
New dreams
New dreams for the rat queen

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
New dreams
New dreams for the rat queen
New dreams
New dreams for the rat queen

[Verse 3]
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've 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

[Chorus]
New dreams
New dreams for the rat queen
New dreams
New dreams for the rat queen

Rat Queen Q&A

Who wrote Rat Queen's ?

Rat Queen was written by John Darnielle.

Who produced Rat Queen's ?

Rat Queen was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.

When did The Mountain Goats release Rat Queen?

The Mountain Goats released Rat Queen on Fri Oct 23 2020.

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