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Revenge of the Spectral Tiger Lyrics
Here in our gilded cage
we turn on the news and are entertained.
We are an army of
semi-informed, chemically maimed
paper tigers. That's
only the cusp, only the crown.
This isn't the only way down.
Either way, it's death by a thousand cuts!
So you would think we'd choose our blade.
But by the way we carry on like nothing's wrong,
one could argue pointedly
that maybe we deserve to be
caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged.
Here in our gilded cage
we're infantilized continuously.
A parent who sows a seed
then won't let it grow into a tree.
A spectral tiger is born
with beautiful stripes and porcelain teeth
and the ghost of the hunt underneath.
Either way, it's death by a thousand cuts!
So you would think we'd choose our blade.
But by the way we carry on like nothing's wrong,
one could argue pointedly
that maybe we deserve to be
caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged.
Either way, it's death by a thousand cuts!
So you would think we'd choose our blade.
But by the way we carry on like nothing's wrong,
one could argue pointedly
that maybe we deserve to be
caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged.
we turn on the news and are entertained.
We are an army of
semi-informed, chemically maimed
paper tigers. That's
only the cusp, only the crown.
This isn't the only way down.
So you would think we'd choose our blade.
But by the way we carry on like nothing's wrong,
one could argue pointedly
that maybe we deserve to be
caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged.
we're infantilized continuously.
A parent who sows a seed
then won't let it grow into a tree.
A spectral tiger is born
with beautiful stripes and porcelain teeth
and the ghost of the hunt underneath.
So you would think we'd choose our blade.
But by the way we carry on like nothing's wrong,
one could argue pointedly
that maybe we deserve to be
caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged.
So you would think we'd choose our blade.
But by the way we carry on like nothing's wrong,
one could argue pointedly
that maybe we deserve to be
caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged!
Caged.
Song Info
Submitted by
echo421 On Aug 09, 2010
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"A parent who sows a seed, then won't let it grow into a tree."
To me, this has been speaking to me as someone who went no contact with family and learning of "enmeshment". I am successful and kind and something my parents were proud of. But even though the tiger has beautiful stripes, teeth, looks like a tiger. It is in a gold plated cage, and the only thing underneath that beautiful facade, is the ghost of what makes a tiger a powerful and integrated being.
@rustinat0r love this; thanks for sharing
@rustinat0r love this; thanks for sharing
I feel like this is about people trying to stop a problem in society, not realizing that they are at the root of it. Sooner or later, it will come back to haunt them.