Tiger In My Tank Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pikmindoctor 

Cover art for Tiger In My Tank lyrics by Eels

I dodn't know 'tiger in my tank' was an advertising jingle!

I always thought it was about suppresed rage, like a tiger trapped in a tank, and this verse:

i had a dream last night the tv and the phone grew some legs and took a walk and left me all alone

might be about how people walk out on him, and even the TV and the phone, his last connection to other people, might walk out on him too. Maybe the reason he brought a rockstars ashes is for company, like he's got a connection to someone famous who everyone likes.