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STRIPES
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"make a song about how afraid you are of tigers"
-StanTuna
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there was once a time when i felt safe
that i could go outside
never had i died

never had i thought of what
could be hiding round the bend
could so quickly be my end

then the day of revelation came
and we went to the zoo
and the tigers were not nice to you

they tore you into tiny little bits
and threw you in their little pits
the guards had not abuot them wits

still
everywhere i go
and everything i do
the stripes do too
even when i turn on my tv
nature shows and tony
agony for me

i know that the tigers want revenge
for they were all put down
i'm sure that made them frown

since i am the only living witness
their target has to be
yes of course it has to be me

still
everywhere i go
and everything i do
the stripes do too
even when i turn on my tv
nature shows and tony
agony for me

eventually i will have to give in
i cannot hide forever
the tigers will find me
and i will have to fight them face to face
represent the human race
the species war will end with me

i protect myself so thoroughly
that noone ever sees me
that my friends cannot tease me

and all the while i sit inside my fear grows worse
situations i rehearse
all tigers in the universe

eventually i will have to give in
i cannot hide forever
the tigers will find me
and i will have to fight them face to face
represent the human race
the species war will end with me