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Architects
Daybreaker (Deluxe Edition)
Even If You Win, You're Still a Rat

TRACK

Even If You Win, You're Still a Rat

Release date: 27th May 2013

From Daybreaker (Deluxe Edition)Track 63:13

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About This Track

"Even If You Win, You're Still a Rat" is a track by Architects, from the album Daybreaker (Deluxe Edition), released 27th May 2013. The track is 3:13 long. It's filed under Hard Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 11 articles about Architects.

About the Artist

Architects

Architects

Lyrics

Even If You Win, You're Still a Rat

Your life is ending one minute at a time
Check the clock and stand in line
Hibernate 'til your life's passed you by
Please stop living like you're waiting to die
Keep up, keep up
Don't get left behind
Don't slip up, slip up
Chase that finish line
They don't want you believing
That your life deserves a meaning
Weary souls trying to forget
That we're all puppets with a lifetime debt
What a feeling built to break
Happiness with an expire date
Please stop living like you're waiting to die
Please stop living like you're waiting to die
Stitched into our lives
Drained until we expire
Weary souls trying to forget
That we're all puppets with a lifetime debt
We're all weary souls trying to forget
Keep two eyes on that intangible finish line
In this race we're all reduced to vermin
Keep two eyes on that intangible finish line
In this race we're all reduced, we're all reduced to vermin
Stitched into our lives
Drained until we expire
Your life is ending one minute at a time
Weary souls trying to forget
That we're puppets with a lifetime debt

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Daybreaker (Deluxe Edition)

3:132013

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Album

Daybreaker (Deluxe Edition)

Track number

6

Release year

2013

1The Bitter End
2:55
2Alpha Omega
3:56
3These Colours Don't Run
4:01
4Daybreak
3:33

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Architects — Landmines (from The Sky, the Earth & All Between) [3:35]
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Architects — Learn to Live (from The Here and Now) [4:01]
Architects — The Blues (from The Here and Now) [3:17]
Architects — Dethroned (from Hollow Crown) [3:07]
Architects — Every Last Breath (from Hollow Crown) [3:29]
Architects — One of These Days (from Hollow Crown) [2:34]
Architects — Left with a Last Minute (from Hollow Crown) [2:58]
Architects — In Elegance (from Hollow Crown) [4:17]
Architects — Numbers Count for Nothing (from Hollow Crown) [3:50]
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