Manic Street Preachers
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Manic Street Preachers & Nina Persson
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This song, the title track for the Manics' eighth studio album, is about depression and the use of drugs to try and fend it off. Its title comes from a phrase by English comedian Tony Hancock, a favorite of Nicky Wire and Richey Edwards. As Wire stated:
He had a phrase ‘send away the tigers’ when h...
[Verse 1]
There's no hope in the colonies
So catch yourself a lifeline
Things have gone wrong too many times
So catch yourself a slow boat to China
Fixing some holes from the tigers claws
All your tears will be trembling
Stick those teeth into my back
Seasonal beasts keep them at bay
Can't something go right
Little things change people's lives
Hostile words won't fill your eyes
Same noise left to destroy
Loathsome smile head full of forever's
Will tomorrow bring some perfection
The zoos been overrun in Baghdad
Tiger's claws still in my back
[Chorus]
Oh so send away the tigers
Because we're lonely and we're desperate
Oh so send away the tigers
Because they're creeping up and dangerous
Oohhh
[Verse 2]
I've got problems I've got too many of them
Throw away your yesterdays I did it all for you
Blank horizons and hotels rooms
Cheap Whiskey and god-awful truths
Look at me I'm honest and I'm free
I was born to underachieve
[Chorus x2]
Send Away the Tigers was written by James Dean Bradfield & Nicky Wire & Sean Moore.
Send Away the Tigers was produced by Loz Williams & Greg Haver & Dave Eringa.
Manic Street Preachers released Send Away the Tigers on Mon May 07 2007.