In April 2013 the band Tigers Jaw announced that three of their members left the band for personal reasons. Boston Manor’s song is definitely referring to this occurrence. An indication can be found in the third line of the song sung by Henry Cox: “All my favourite bands are splitting up.”
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[Verse 1]
I'm sick of songs about breaking up with girls
Such an everyday occurrence I wanna sing something real
All my favourite bands are splitting up
And the ones that aren't, are starting to suck
[Chorus]
And of all the things I could have sung about anything else
But at least I'm being honest
And of all the things I could have sung about anyone else
But I can't say that I mean it
[Verse 2]
I'm not one to judge, but it wouldn't be me
Songs about PG tips are fine with me
Call me a cynic but times have changed
Maybe for the better but I know who to blame
[Bridge]
I know who to blame
I know who to blame
I know who to blame
[Chorus]
And of all the things I could have sung about anything else
But at least I'm being honest
And of all the things I could have sung about anyone else
But I can't say that I mean it
[Bridge]
Goodbye Tigers Jaw
I miss you Reuben even so they still make them like they used to
We're all, we're all, we're all alone
While I love the freedom we still out here alone
We're gone, we're gone, we start again
Cause there's no way that we could do something else instead
[Chorus]
And of all the things I could have sung about anything else
But at least I'm being honest
And of all the things I could have sung about anyone else
But I can't say that I mean it
Tigers Jaw was written by Boston Manor.
Tigers Jaw was produced by Boston Manor.
Boston Manor released Tigers Jaw on Sat Jul 27 2013.
Vocalist Henry Cox spoke to Already Heard about the meaning behind this song:
‘'Tigers Jaw’‘ is the only acoustic (sort of) song on the EP, we wanted it to sound quite raw and under produced. The song is about the music scene in England, and sort of a nod to all the bands that we love that have bro...