I Was A Tiger Once

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lyrics

I think I’ve seen this all before somehow
Like a childhood movie I forgot
The whispering of ancient reels
The cosmic seals
Show what I am not

And are you someone from the past, a shadow
Or a memory I have never seen
Sent here to make me disbelieve
What senses gleam
Back to seventeen

Clouds could turn
As the fields would burn
And the Mothers fly down from their trees

Dreamt I was a tiger once
And I was bigger than the sky
And when my mouth would open wide
There was another world inside

Dreamt I was a tiger once
And I was bigger than the sky
And when my mouth would open wide
There was another world inside

That diner in the rearview mirror, we've been there
And you told me all your deepest fears
The cottage where your grandma lived
The empty beaches
The sunken air

I wonder if we'll ever leave this limbo
Or if you even want to go
I wonder if they'll ever bring
That Listerine
We ordered an hour ago

Clouds could turn
As the fields would burn
And the Mothers sink down from their trees

Dreamt I was a tiger once
And I was bigger than the sky
And when my mouth would open wide
There was another world inside

Dreamt I was a tiger once
And I was bigger than the sky
And when my mouth would open wide
There was another world inside

I want the waves to wash me out
Into some new sea
Float until the sunset breaks, for each mistake
But they never leave

Dreamt I was a tiger once
And I was bigger than the sky
And when my mouth would open wide
There was another world inside

Dreamt I was a tiger once
And I was bigger than the sky
And when my mouth would open wide
There was another world inside

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released November 19, 2019

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