Year Of The Tiger

(Yeah, I used to know a guy)

He was born into the year of the tiger
60 years ago when flesh and blood were black and white
He was born with a heart just like a grinding gear
Fifty eight years before the world he knew would disappear

The year of the tiger
We are still broken from that fucked up year that disappeared

She was born into the promise of the shining path
Lucky in a way that no one really under stands
Ten years old with a mind just like a golden voice
She grew up in a blue state hiding from the silver noise

No one wants to hear your stupid fucking explanations
No one wants to hear your stupid reasons why
Here we are in the year of the tiger
We are where we are because of all the big lies
No one wants to hear your stupid fucking accusations
No one wants to hear you... you... you...

I had a dream... I saw a tiger in a happy place
In a Nirvana shirt, with a happy face
I had a dream I saw a tiger in a MAGA hat...
Don't look back
You can never look back

We have to change the stupid way we show our stripes
We have to change the addictive way we eat the hype
We have to stop spreading this disease
We have to stop saying sorry, stop saying please

You do not have to like it
Tigers we are everywhere
The math doesn't lie
Someday you'll have to face the fact
That the truth is not a slogan on a stupid red hat

The year of the tiger
We are still broken from that fucked up year that disappeared
Here we are in the year of the tiger
The year of the tiger
Here we are in the year of the tiger
We are still broken
So fucking broken
Here we are in the year of the tiger
We are still broken from that fucked up year that disappeared