"theRat" genre: Experimental/Post Rock
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	"The way to the sheep is through the Rat, a long-time friend of the protagonist's who inexplicably vanished some years ago. In the five year interim since his disappearance, the Rat sent his old buddy two letters, one of which included the sheep photo. Going by the postmark on the most recent correspondence, the main man and his woman journey to Hokkaido in search of the Rat. He has, in fact, committed suicide only a week before the protagonist's arrival on the mountain. His ghost occupies the body of the Sheepman, a reclusive man who is never seen without his sheep costume fashioned from the hides of real sheep. As the Sheepman, the Rat drives the protagonist's girlfriend from the mountain. He pays regular visits to the protagonist, who whiles away the days cooking and cleaning, but he does not reveal himself to be the Rat until the protagonist realizes that the Sheepman is a ghost because he has no reflection."
	Credits: blux
	Story Behind the Song http://www.angelfire.com/indie/bbbluxmp3/theRatwords.gif

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