Pearl Jam - Rats Lyrics

It's a critique of the US left. The rats are the US right wing. The left are helplessly divisive and individualistic. The American right are a hive mind who work on a series of self interests that unite to achieve a greater goal of control and societal uniformity.

Fucking duh!

Well that rules out Antifa.

Lick the dirt off Olajuwon’s feet

THIS ONE OF THOSE SONGS THAT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO TWICE!

Its weird because is their second album but I think vs is their best album ever.

I just came here for funky Jeff Ament bass and misanthropic lyrical execution for all introverts. ♡

The outro at 2:50 hits me in the feels every time!

Love you using outro. My husband created that. The Intro and the outro.

Pearl Jam has many wonderful songs like this one, and most people only listen to Black, Even Flow, Jeremy and Alive. So stupid...

They had many great songs. The album "Ten" is one of my all time favorites!

THAY DON'T COMPARE . !!!!!!!!!!!

Dave A. Killing that funk rock

Vs, Best album.x

Ben, the two of us need love no more...


Thanks to Pearl Jam. Thanks to Michael Jackson

Best album with best drummer

Best album

They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way they don't shit..

We go where we want to go...

Ben, the two of us need look no more.

One is one , don't shit where their not supposed to, don't take what's not theirs.

Ben the two of us need look no more

Not a fan but this song is fuckn awsum

Great social commentary ratts are btr than us currently butbwe gotbcell phones andvheroin ha ha stupid rats lol

My favorite PJ song to play on the drums. This beat is just sick, damn!

I can confirm that rats do indeed eat like they are starving, they do sleep, they do push a lot and crowd together, they do scurry when something bigger comes their way, they do take what's not theirs, they do poop in places they shouldn't live their food dish, but they definitely don't compare. Give them a chance, they are really cute, sweet, and fun. Sincerely the mom of two dwarf rat brothers named Stone and Jerry.

Theyyy.dont.scurryyy.when.somethinggg.biggerrr.comes.their.wayyyy

Lyrics

They don't eat,
Don't sleep
They don't feed,
They don't seethe
Bare their gums when
They moan and squeak
Lick the dirt off
A larger one's feet
They don't push,
Don't crowd
Congregate until
They're much too loud
Fuck to procreate
Till they are dead
Drink the blood of their
So called best friend

They don't scurry when something
Bigger comes their way
Don't pack themselves
Together and run as one
Don't shit where they're
Not supposed to
Don't take what's not theirs,
They don't compare

They don't scam,
Don't fight
Don't oppress an
Equals given rights
Starve the poor so
They can be well fed
Line their holes with
The dead ones bread

They don't scurry when something
Bigger comes their way
Don't pack themselves
Together and run as one
Don't shit where they're
Not supposed to
Don't take what's not theirs,
They don't compare...

They don't scurry when something
Bigger comes their way
Don't pack themselves
Together and run as one
Don't shit where they're
Not supposed to
Don't take what's not theirs,
They don't compare..

Rats...
They don't compare
Rats...
They don't compare
Oh

Ben,
The two of us need look no more
Yeah
Ben,
The two of us need look no more
Ben,
The two of us need look no more
Oh
Ben,
The two of us need look no more
Oh
Oh
Yeah
Ben,
The two of us need look no more
Ben,
The two of us need look no more

That new song RATS from that new band on 93X is terrible. Like the only good part is the guitar solo. If they're gonna play a song with Rats in the title it should be this. This song puts that song to shame Pearl Jam is the shit.

GREAT !

Thank you for playing it live yesterday!!!! PJ❤️

Drugs...and octopuses.

The irony is as heavy as the beat.

still so very good

A slick song by one of the very best, most underrated rock bands of all time. Funky as hell.

Eoj Lebag I don't really think there underrated...

Underrated....... really....?? Touring with sell out shows for nearly 30 years straight.... yea.... totally underrated....😉

Pearl Jam Ft Charlie Sheen (the first verses sounds like if Charlie were talking :P)

Who is Ben that he refers to in the last verse?

James Geekie it's from a Jackson 5 song called Ben

Based off of a movie about a boy who befriends a rat called Ben

My interpretation of the song is either that humans are like rats or that rats are better than humans

Pearlgardenbonevanapilotdogpumpkinchains 90's Neither. Bout a pet rat Eddy had. Although ur part right. Rats are better is what the song means.

I figured rats referred to people living on the street.

In my opinion i think he talks about fake friends who use you and everything from you to benefit themselves. He's like.."good friends dont do this and this, etc". He just compares them to rats and we use a similar expression here so 😂

Humans and rats are two of the biggest mammal success stories. Both species can adapt to almost any environment and live just about anywhere. It's sort of hard to understand exactly what Eddie is getting at with this comparison, but it is interesting to speculate nonetheless.

Read an interview once with Vedder where he ruminated on why the left in America are so divided and disconnected. he contrasted with the right, who fall directly back in line, no matter how disparate their Allegiances. They will eat others alive to preserve their position.

I love how Ed fires Ben in at the end 😂. And that melody is fucking delicious...

Duncan Mathers it's from a Michael Jackson song

@duncan..do your research

Bleh why did they get rid of dave

The end of this song kicks Fucking Ass

This was always my favorite song off of this album. (I remember listening to it on cassette tape!)

MrsPaul I do too!

cassette <3 <3 <3

@grabman me too...

Tum, tum,🎶 tu,ru,ru,,tu,ru,ru,tu,ru,tum,tum🎶
They dont eat, dont sleep🎵🎵

That music signed a increíble
period in my Life, the best.
From Málaga, spain

Málaga 💟

only pj can make a song about rats and bugs 😂😂😂

The outro is pretty epic.

The outro is powerful as fuck

RATS..🎵🎶🎼

to give more weight. try to add true meaning to every line, then, treat it all as a sarcastic message. a comparison to all the (supposedly) important people in the song writer's life. kudos. gud luk

may i start?

I think this song means rats are better than humans, I mean listen, they don't do " human activities"

if you cut the vocals you can easily say this is a RHCP song

That bass amirite

It's too good to be a RHCP song

RouletteYT I'd said that Dirty Frank sounds like a RHCP song much more than Rats...

ana correa  yeah dirty frank is totally a chili peppers tune

RHCP did take Pearl Jam under their wings in their early years so maybe it rubbed off on them in Vs.

gossards always scurry and cant heaaaeere.

My pet rat is named Stone so I agree

Pretty sure rats don't give a shit where they shit. I can relate to that.

They tend to use an area away from their beds/nests; they're not complete animals ;-)

Jeff has such a sick bass line on this one

Dante Nastasi Love it too. One of pearl jams best.

I agree. Jeff's bass is sick af!

No doubt this glorified g andvdissidentvtopbfew jam songs the boys spokevthectruth man

I miss the reference here.

I thought the song was originally making a political statement, but it is actually referring to the 1972 horror movie, "Ben".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068264/

Interesting; I knew near the end it was a ref to M'Jackson's 'Ben' but I thought the young Michael was singing about a rat he knew; didn't realise it was from a film, thanks :)

Rup Tratin i thought was Ben Kweller of Radish grunge band

@Jeffrey Whelchel "ben" is part 2 of the '71 movie "Willard"....Willard was the main character and Ben, his best friend, was a rat, the leader of the pack of rats that would kill for Willard

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to give more weight. try to add true meaning to every line, then, treat it all as a sarcastic message. a comparison to all the (supposedly) important people in the song writer's life. kudos. gud luk

On the prowl.

shitfuck peniswrinkle

Who are they talkin about!/=? They TALKIN SHIT or Telling The Truth!? Are those two different things or one in the same? Isn't the grass greener on the other side!?

thanks for posting the songs PTFan

That beat has more fat than American bacon. It's awesome.

LukeInside yeah it's chunky. IMO pj lost a big part of their sound when they kicked out this drummer.

...they don't compare...

Rrrats.

Ben, the two of us need look no more.

😍💖

And run as one.......

Boronia train station and safeway car park.

Lift the dirt off Olajuwon's feet

+Lord Hagar Lick the dirt off Elijah Wood's feet

my hole life ive thought it was lick the dirt of olajuwons feet ... actually I still think that ... :) ,,,,

TheGreaterGood80 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Lord Hagar 😂

I will never un-hear that as long as I live

this song refers to the movie called "ben"

Rin Jacob nope it refers to the Michael Jackson song Ben

@__________________ they both refer to the 1971 movie "Willard"

Procreate until they are dead........They dont compare......

who the fuck is Ben?

Eddie Vedder had a pet-rat called Ben.

+Joetje1979 u sure ur not thinking of Michael Jackson ... maybe they both did lol

Ben is the title of a movie in the 80s.Micheal Jackson has a son titled Ben.

Michael Jackson song

And also the Michael Jackson song!

I'm born Year of the Rat so this Appealed No end For Me

Lucky! I love rats!

"Ben, the two of us need look no more
Ben, the two of us need look no more
Ben, the two of us need look no more
Ben, the two of us need look no more"
^ reference to the 70s psychothriller "Willard", maybe?

The MJ song from the movie.

I like your album cover

Awesome teacher that one.

my teacher told me to search this.

and i told your teacher :D