Desire is a tiger,
Take her to the temple
You like her
But she doesn't understand the middle way
You take her to the garden, where surely there is space
But every bird that ever flew there,
Gets put between her teeth
So we put her in a cage,
She cries until you answer
All your tears and all your rage,
Won't make her understand the middle way,
She'll never understand the middle way.
She will never die,
But she could kill,
Hold her eye,
Hold still.
Desire is a tiger,
Don't you ever wonder,
You feed her all your love,
And you feel so full of hunger
You walk her through the streets, where the nights are heavy.
All night, so relentless, on concrete,
She won't help you find the middle way.
No she needs you to feel like you need to be needed.
She pines for you to pine,
She wants for you to want more,
Will she ever understand the middle way?
She'll never understand the middle way.
She will never die,
But she could kill
Hold her eye
Hold still.
