We Tigers

Animal Collective

Early this and nearly this
Only this and early this
Only this, and early this
Only this and early this
(tigers, we tigers, whoop)
Hey kids (whoop)
Let's pick up sticks (whoop, whoop)
Let's pick up the sound of our (whoop)
Bones (whoop, whoop)
And dogs invited if everything feels right
([?] are invited)
One two and three (whoop)
Begins with a tree? (whoop, whoop)
So sick of palming it (whoop)
Out? (whoop, whoop)
A change of the words with a poltergeist [?] cars
The world's so unnecessary now

But I would like to see this swinging from the terrace, people never seem to learn

Everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated
Everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated
Tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers, tiger
Oh, oh, Katie did
Oh, oh, Katie did
Oh, oh
Ogres, ogres, ogres, ogres, ogres, ogres
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

That felt worse (whoop)
Some sort of curse (whoop, whoop)
Knowing what I shouldn't (whoop)
Be (whoop, whoop) (I like it)
I don't know what I'll do
But let's walk around
And pretend to be messes at sea
A kiss or a kid (whoop)
Won't change the gist (whoop, whoop)
Rules but I want you to (whoop)
Die (whoop, whoop)
I'm really hungry
But you crashed my apartment
And kept me up wait besides

But I would like to see this swinging from the terrace, people never seem to learn

Everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated
Everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated, everybody's bloated
Tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers
Tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers
Tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers
Tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers
Tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers


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    I thought most of the lyrics were completely different. It's amazing how they can sound like 286529862095 things at once.

    Ouion March 18, 2005   Link

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