# THE LION DOESN'T HUNT RATS *Disco Survival Anthem · Original Lyrics* **[Main Hook — Bold, chantable]** The lion doesn't hunt rats!\ The lion doesn't hunt rats!\ Set your cheese and spring your trap—\ The lion doesn't hunt rats! The lion doesn't hunt rats!\ No chase, no bite, no looking back!\ You can call it what you want—\ **THE LION DOESN'T HUNT RATS!** **[Post-Hook — Stop-start, crowd response]** Rat set the cheese! — WHO FOR?\ Rat set the trap! — WHO FOR?\ Name that target! — NO RECORD!\ Send that invoice! — WRONG DOOR! **[Verse — Tight, syncopated]** Cheese on the table, owner unknown,\ somebody's plan in somebody's zone.\ Who is the target? Nobody knows.\ Everybody points, but nobody owns. I didn't set it. I didn't sign.\ I don't control your hunting line.\ You made the rules, you moved the gate—\ Now tell me why I have to pay! **[Main Hook — Repeat, stronger]** The lion doesn't hunt rats!\ The lion doesn't hunt rats!\ Set your cheese and spring your trap—\ The lion doesn't hunt rats! **[Breakdown — Bare bass, spoken]** Can the lion hunt? Yes. Will the lion hunt? Not for you. Is the rat the target? Who knows? Who gets the bill? ...There you go. **[Final Hook — Full disco lift]** THE LION DOESN'T HUNT RATS!\ THE LION DOESN'T HUNT RATS!\ You can bait the room,\ you can write the facts— **THE LION DOESN'T HUNT RATS!** No borrowed pride!\ No forced attack!\ The lion walks—\ The trap stays flat! **[Outro — Abrupt stop]** The lion doesn't hunt rats. ... **Who put the cheese there?**
