Tiger in a Burning Tree - Everclear

A friend of mine woke me up

To tell me about his dream

All the lights in the world went black

He felt like a tiger in a burning tree

It was like he was late for something

That he did not want to see

His life looked better on paper

He lives like a tiger in a burning tree

Blow out the candles and make a wish

I thought about a woman from a city in the south

She lost her car when the bottom fell out

She sold her life to the deep blue sea

She left a message for the world to see

She knows better what it’s like to be

A tiger in a burning tree

Close your eyes and take a big deep breath

Blow out the candles and make a wish

When I was a child, I painted my toys

Angel blue and devil red

I broke them into pieces, set them on fire

And shoved them under my bed

I never learned how to play nice with all the other kids

I never learned how to draw inside the lines and probably never will

Close your eyes and take a big deep breath

Imagine a world so much better than this

Now close your eyes and jump to a place you would think to be

Then you could tell me what it feels like to be

A tiger in a burning tree