Lyrics
It's waiting around the corner.
Anticipation of a looming threat or danger.
It's waiting in the filth.
The threat is present in unpleasant or dirty surroundings.
It's creeping through the alleys in the still of the night.
The danger is moving stealthily through narrow pathways at night.
It's waiting in the ditches.
It's present in hidden and low-lying areas.
It's waiting there to kill it's victims.
The threat is ready to harm and take lives.
Women, children, men and kings alike.
All individuals, regardless of status or gender, are potential victims.
The moon shines frightening on deserted streets.
The moonlight adds fear to empty streets.
On movements there in the mud.
Movements are observed in the mud, indicating the presence of the danger.
A nation wrapped up in winding sheets.
A nation is metaphorically wrapped in death, emphasizing a widespread threat.
The pathogen's in your blood.
A pathogen is metaphorically described as existing within the blood, suggesting internal danger.
Reign of rats
Introduction of the theme: A period dominated by destructive forces symbolized as rats.
Reign of harm.
Emphasizing the harmful and destructive nature of this period.
Feed the beast that's hungry.
Suggesting a need to sustain or satisfy a destructive force.
Reign of rats.
Reiteration of the period dominated by destructive forces symbolized as rats.
Death and dark.
Highlighting death and darkness as part of this destructive period.
Feed the beast that's hungry.
Reemphasizing the need to feed the destructive force.
It's waiting in your water.
The threat is also present in essential elements like water.
It's waiting in your bed.
The danger is not confined to external spaces; it's present even in personal spaces like beds.
It's creeping through your backdoor in the still of the night.
Emphasizing the stealthy infiltration through personal spaces at night.
It's waiting in the bushes
The danger is waiting in hidden and unexpected places.
It's waiting there for you.
Personalized warning that the threat is waiting for the listener specifically.
And there is no escape no matter how hard you try.
Emphasizing the inevitability of the danger with no escape despite efforts.
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