[Verse 1]
All the poems of my neighbours
That drift across the sand
Are like the tendrils of a vast
But gentle plant which they command
The headdress of a goddess
You wore the night we came
It's only one small symptom
I'm really not to blame

[Refrain]
You're riding a tiger
Riding a tiger

[Verse 2]
You were always making ghosts
Of shapes you could not name
Of emptiness and nothing just
The silhouette remains
The shadow I come, falling slowly down

[Pre-Chorus]
Lying there beside her
On the dreams flow like a river

[Refrain]
Now you're riding a tiger
Riding a tiger
[Verse 3]
Over the beaches
Into the sky
Into the reach of some
Last goodbye

[Verse 4]
Key grip was crying
Best boy was made
Here in the shelter
No one afraid
We were there

[Verse 5]
Followed the road
That leads to the sun
Look for the leader
He is the one

[Verse 6]
Who will offer the silence
You must beware
Using the danger
No one can share

[Refrain]
Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger
[Verse 7]
Out of the morning
Into the day
Onto the evening
Nowhere to stay

[Verse 8]
We were always together
Always the same
Into the future
No one to blame

[Refrain]
Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger (Ohh)
Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger (Hey-oh)
Riding a tiger (Oh)
Riding a tiger