Tiger, Tiger

TIGER, tiger, burning bright

have you lost your sight?

In the forests of the night,

was there no light?

What immortal hand or eye

seriously, why?

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?




In what distant deeps or skies

how many more lies?

Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

or thighs?

On what wings dare he aspire?

you are going to need a new tire

What the hand dare seize the fire?

its all over the wire

And what shoulder and what art

really, really wasn't smart

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

one more family torn apart

And when thy heart began to beat,

what made you cheat?

What dread hand and what dread feet?

every party girl you did meet?

What the hammer? what the chain?

twas the golf club that caused the pain

In what furnace was thy brain?

Cheat on Elin are you insane?

What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,

No one will forget this for years

And water'd heaven with their tears,

you better start drinking beers

Did He smile His work to see?

You are no longer free

Did He who made the lamb make thee?

A monogamous married man you will be


Tiger, tiger, burning bright

you have lost the fight

In the forests of the night,

someday she'll forgive you, she just might

What immortal hand or eye

travel alone when you fly

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?