I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
At night in the forrest of Sabrod
A tiger in search of his prey
I wonder will we be alive by the dawning of day?
Predator of godly creation
In hunger he stops at no child
Obsessed by the fever to follow the call of the wild
Take this life
And you're safe
Say goodbye for today
It's the tiger of Sabrod
And he's fighting from the heart
Will you return?
Tiger of Sabrod
Oh - Tiger of Sabrod
The eyes of the tiger are closed now
And lifeless he lies in the mud
Don't trust in your triumoh and glory
Revenge will bring blood
At night he will raise from the dead ones
And then he will search you all night and day
The wolf will still live on tomorrow - Survivors will pay!
Take this life
And you're safe
Say goodbye for today
It's the tiger of Sabrod
And he's fighting from the heart
Will you return?
Tiger of Sabrod
Oh - Tiger of Sabrod
A tiger in search of his prey
I wonder will we be alive by the dawning of day?
Predator of godly creation
In hunger he stops at no child
Obsessed by the fever to follow the call of the wild
Take this life
And you're safe
Say goodbye for today
It's the tiger of Sabrod
And he's fighting from the heart
Will you return?
Tiger of Sabrod
Oh - Tiger of Sabrod
The eyes of the tiger are closed now
And lifeless he lies in the mud
Don't trust in your triumoh and glory
Revenge will bring blood
At night he will raise from the dead ones
And then he will search you all night and day
The wolf will still live on tomorrow - Survivors will pay!
Take this life
And you're safe
Say goodbye for today
It's the tiger of Sabrod
And he's fighting from the heart
Will you return?
Tiger of Sabrod
Oh - Tiger of Sabrod
Lyrics submitted by rhitard
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