In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Collecting everything in the whole
Neighborhood of make believe
Make believe make believe
I'll slap that slick smug smile
Off that motherfucker
Tom especially
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Gonna stick Prince Tuesday in a sack
Whatchu want
Gonna throw him in the river
Don't want a ransom cause there's
Not one thing
Anybody in this town can deliver
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Daniel striped tiger rubs the noses
That you snap
Daniel never learns
Daniel tender tiger has a psyche
That you crack
Daniel never learns
Gonna take out a big fucking blow torch
Acetylene Acetylene Acetylene
Is Dr. Duckbill and Esther Jean
Platypus don't stop psychoanalyzing me
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Daniel striped tiger rubs the noses
That you snap
Daniel never learns
Daniel tender tiger has a psyche
That you crack
Daniel never learns
I'll slap that slick smug smile
Off that motherfucker
Tom especially
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Gonna stick Prince Tuesday in a sack
Whatchu want
Gonna throw him in the river
Don't want a ransom cause there's
Not one thing
Anybody in this town can deliver
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Daniel striped tiger rubs the noses
That you snap
Daniel never learns
Daniel tender tiger has a psyche
That you crack
Daniel never learns
Gonna take out a big fucking blow torch
Acetylene Acetylene Acetylene
Is Dr. Duckbill and Esther Jean
Platypus don't stop psychoanalyzing me
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Fuckin' check out the fairchild
(Lady Elaine)
Stuck on the big museum go round
(Lady Elaine)
Daniel striped tiger rubs the noses
That you snap
Daniel never learns
Daniel tender tiger has a psyche
That you crack
Daniel never learns
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Striped Tiger Snaps Lyrics as written by Robertdale Rulon Crow
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB.
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