Tiger Lyrics
This bright red feeling
This tigerlily down my mouth
He wants to grow to twenty feet tall
I feel free
I've left the girl I was supposed to be and
Someday I'll be born
I'm so tired of being shy
I'm not that girl anymore
I'm not that straight A anymore
Now I want to sit with my legs wide open and
Laugh so loud that the whole damn restaurant
Will turn and look at me & say
Look at the tiger jumping out of her mouth
Chorus
No more sex-starved teachers
Trying to touch my ass
I can finally be a teenager at age twenty-six
Go to hell lions, tigers, and bears
I'm not afraid of you anymore
And my fear ripped apart like fifty balloons
And I'm thrown around the room like party confetti now
Someday someday someday I'll be born
Someday someday someday I'll be born
I think this song is all about growing up and find out who you are. Like, the geek in high school, the nerd that is telling everyone 'hey, i'm sick of this, i want to party, i want to be sexy, i want to be myself, i don't want to be held back by my religion'
This song is one of my favorites. I think it's about breaking away and doing your own thing. "I'm so tired of being shy, I'm not that girl anymore." She tells us that she's not the goody-2-shoes she used to be. She's grown up and not afraid to take on the world. It's pretty liberating, I must say. Love it.
Same subject as her song Bethlehem from her debut album. But that one was sad, while this is defiant. Really cool.
She's like, "I've always been that girl- the quiet one, the sweet one.. But, fuck it."
Actually, to even push this further. When I lost my virginity, it almost felt like this song was a letter to my parents. And i was telling them that I needed to get out and be myself, even as a 16 year old.