There's no hope in the colonies
So catch yourself a lifeline
Things have gone wrong too many times
So catch yourself a slow boat to China
Fixing some holes from the tigers claws
All your tears will be trembling
Stick those teeth into my back
Seasonal beasts keep them at bay
Can't something go right
Little things change people's lives
Hostile words won't fill your eyes
Same noise left too destroy
Loathsome smile head full of forever's
Will tomorrow bring some perfection
The zoos been overrun in Baghdad
Tiger's claws still in my back
[Chorus]
So send away the tigers
Because we're lonely and we're desperate
So send away the tigers
Because they're creeping up and dangerous
I've got problems I've got too many of them
Throw away your yesterdays I did it all for you
Blank horizons and hotels rooms
Cheap Whiskey and god-awful truths
Look at me I'm honest and I'm free
I was born to underachieve
[Chorus x2]
So catch yourself a lifeline
Things have gone wrong too many times
So catch yourself a slow boat to China
Fixing some holes from the tigers claws
All your tears will be trembling
Stick those teeth into my back
Seasonal beasts keep them at bay
Can't something go right
Little things change people's lives
Hostile words won't fill your eyes
Same noise left too destroy
Loathsome smile head full of forever's
Will tomorrow bring some perfection
The zoos been overrun in Baghdad
Tiger's claws still in my back
[Chorus]
So send away the tigers
Because we're lonely and we're desperate
So send away the tigers
Because they're creeping up and dangerous
I've got problems I've got too many of them
Throw away your yesterdays I did it all for you
Blank horizons and hotels rooms
Cheap Whiskey and god-awful truths
Look at me I'm honest and I'm free
I was born to underachieve
[Chorus x2]
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So that's what the lyrics are about, it seems.
theres no hope in the colonies , hope is emo is a fictional character from America
so catch yourself a lifeline , titanic is sinking again damn those crazy irish
things have gone wrong too many times ,
so catch yourself a slow boat to china , maybe future of world markets lies in china
fixing some holes from the tiger claws , this person will be in the near future fixing
all your tears will be trembling , they will feel regret
stick those teeth into my back seasional beast keep them at bay , the person sees themselves as being low on the food chain
cant something go right little things change people lives
hostile words wouldn't fill your eyes same noise left to destroy, this person sounds like richey or reminds him of him , being hostile will not make you friends
loanesome smile head full of forevers , he thinks things should last forever and has a loanesome or loathsome smile
will tomorrow bring some perfection , word perfect here I think is interesting
that zoo in Baghdad has been overrun , check oil price circa when albumn was released
tiger claws stuck in my back , the celtic tiger claws are stuck in his back
so send away the tigers
because we are lonely and we are desperate , the subject is both lonely and desperate in nickys eyes
so send away the tigers
because they are creeping up and dangerous , not sure about this but subject matter may have been wearing a creeping death t-shirt when engaged with nicky , the subject kinda thinks that runaway ecomomies should be managed better in order to benefit the most people not just the people at the top or at least not to a disprotional degree
. but funny the subject has already accepted defeat even before battle and now his tears are trembling
when a man is young he is usually a revolutionary ,so here I am speaking of my revolution