Colm and Kevin once spoke about David Conway in an interview from the “Make it in Ongar” fanzine and were able to shed some light on the abstract lyrical content of his songs,
Colm:
But Dave was the really ill one. He’s sick in the mind as well as in the body.
Kevin:
He left because he couldn’t...
[Verse]
Well, let me be your lover, girl
Let me find out when there's
There's only one way outta this
And no need to pretend
[Chorus]
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
And welcome to its lips
The congregation decimated
By the shrapnel of his rhetoric
I am you and you are me
And God is living in everyone
And Jesus cried a million tears
To save the lives of you and me, ha ha!
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
[Verse]
Yeah, I could be your lover, girl
Or I could be your friend[?]
Dig the mother, dress the lamb
And long live his suicide
[Chorus]
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
And welcome to his lips
The congregation decimated
By the shrapnel of his rhetoric
I am you and you are me
And God is living in everyone
And Jesus cried a million tears
To save the lives of you and me, ha ha!
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
[Verse]
Well, I could be a wise man[?]
Heaven knows how much I've tried
But neither time, nor cataclysm
Will change this tiger's stripes
[Chorus]
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
And welcome to his lips
The congregation decimated
By the shrapnel of his rhetoric
I am you and you are me
And God is living in everyone
And Jesus cried a million tears
To save the lives of you and me
[Outro]
Didn't my neighbors tell you [?]
[?]
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Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Tiger in My Tank was written by Colm Ó Cíosóig & David Michael Conway & Kevin Shields.
Tiger in My Tank was produced by my bloody valentine.