Tiger In The Night

Roland of Gilead · **Posted:** May 26, 2008 11:46 am

You are the tiger burning bright
Deep in the forest of my night
You are the one who keeps me strong in this world

You sleep by the silent cooling streams
Down in the darkness of my dreams
All of my life I never knew
You were the dream I'd see come true
You are the tiger burning bright

I was the one who looked so hard I could not see.
Now I could never live without the love you give to me.

I lived like a wild and lonely soul,
Lost in a dream beyond control.
You were the one who brought me home down to earth.

For you are the tiger burning bright
Deep in the forest of my night
All of my life I never knew
You were the dream I'd see come true
You are the tiger burning bright

JosCR66 · **Posted:** May 26, 2008 11:51 am

An OK song for me. I like it, but it's not required listening in my book.

Lepton · **Posted:** May 26, 2008 11:59 am

Absolutely amazing song, I can't believe it ranks so low in the song ranking. :roll:

It's a Top10 song for me. Especially the line "I lived like a wild and lonely soul, Lost in a dream beyond control." she sings it so beautiful it almost makes me cry everytime.

MelvilleB · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 8527

Not a great favourite with me.

Ronald · **Posted:** May 26, 2008 12:18 pm

Another great song, damn, I can't rank them all in the top 10 :cry:

mikeyno.9 · **Joined:** Apr 5, 2008 **Posts:** 1508

Definetely in my top 10. :mrgreen:

I love this song so much. :music:

I agree Lepton, why is it so low? :scratch:

Believer · **Joined:** Apr 7, 2008 **Posts:** 407

The lyrics are "inspired" by William Blake (1757-1827):

The Tiger
“Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?”

loco · **Posted:** May 26, 2008 3:20 pm

this song has great melody! one of my fav of course :approve:

@barbara, you don't like kozmic blues, you don't like crawling up a hill, you don't like spellbound, you don't like tiger in the night; do you still like katie melua?

Siocnarf360 · **Posted:** May 26, 2008 5:07 pm

loco wrote:

this song has great melody! one of my fav of course :approve:

@barbara, you don't like kozmic blues, you don't like crawling up a hill, you don't like spellbound, you don't like tiger in the night; do you still like katie melua?

I'm also beginning to wonder :confusedk:

Nats · **Joined:** Apr 1, 2008 **Posts:** 1251 **Location:** SA

An ok song for me also. Unfortunately, in relation to the song it's placed next to on the album, it is completely overshadowed and loses it's individuality. My rating: 6/10

DavidA · **Posted:** May 27, 2008 11:16 pm

loco wrote:

this song has great melody! one of my fav of course :approve:

@barbara, you don't like kozmic blues, you don't like crawling up a hill, you don't like spellbound, you don't like tiger in the night; do you still like katie melua?

I was thinking the same thing... (and don't forget Blue Shoes)

MelvilleB · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 8527

I really don't like Kozmic Blues. Crawling up a Hill I don't hate or anything, some versions I prefer more than others. Spellbound was my favourite from the start, but I just didn't like her live version. Tigar in the Night is one of those that I don't mind but I wouldn't put it at the top of my list. Blue Shoes, everyone knows I have never liked it. :joyjoy:

DavidA · **Posted:** May 27, 2008 11:25 pm

MelvilleB wrote:

I really don't like Kozmic Blues. Crawling up a Hill I don't hate or anything, some versions I prefer more than others. Spellbound was my favourite from the start, but I just didn't like her live version. Tigar in the Night is one of those that I don't mind but I wouldn't put it at the top of my list. Blue Shoes, everyone knows I have never liked it. :joyjoy:

You never said :rofl:

KEWA · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 9360

Also for me a top 10 Katie Hit. That song has a special happy feeling. One day, whe we have a "Best Off" album from Katie, that song will be present.

Aekesis · **Posted:** Jun 2, 2008 9:55 pm

A beautiful song... my Call Off The Search album non stop listenning of these last days makes me love this song more and more. :music:

spicyapple · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 1868

One of my favourites from COTS and one of my absolute favourites overall. Besides, I love tigers. There is a certain magical, child-like quality to the song. It's very soothing and fits Katie's voice perfectly.

DavidA · **Posted:** Jun 2, 2008 10:15 pm

Tiger in the Night is one of the few songs that for me doesn't improve the more you hear it. Perhaps there is rather less to it than many of Katie's songs? I only recently heard her sing it at the Berlin club, the name of which escapes me :roll:

, but it made a pleasant change.

KEWA · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 9360

spicyapple wrote:

One of my favourites from COTS and one of my absolute favourites overall. Besides, I love tigers. There is a certain magical, child-like quality to the song. It's very soothing and fits Katie's voice perfectly.

that's true. Katie brings a very special atmosphere into that song. Whe I hear that song (veeeeeeery often) I find myself with a smiling face.

I think, that is one of that resons, that makes Katie that special. She can bring very special atmospheres into a song, just in the way, she sings it.

Aekesis · **Posted:** Jun 9, 2008 2:00 am

KEWA wrote:

I think, that is one of that resons, that makes Katie that special. She can bring very special atmospheres into a song, just in the way, she sings it.

Definitely. And the most amazing thing is that every atmosphere is full of magic and breathtaking... :music:

KEWA · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 9360

Aekesis wrote:

Definitely. And the most amazing thing is that every atmosphere is full of magic and breathtaking... :music:

and just makes you feel great.

Aekesis · **Posted:** Jun 9, 2008 10:44 am

KEWA wrote:

and just makes you feel great.

Absolutely ! (Oh dear, starting the day with coming here and is just making me more addicted to Katie than I was before... :rofl:

)

Mariska · **Posted:** Oct 21, 2008 1:21 pm

i need to listen more to these songs, i hardly listen to it so,dont think it really impressed me a lot..

KEWA · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 9360

Mariska wrote:

i need to listen more to these songs, i hardly listen to it so,dont think it really impressed me a lot..

Do it, Mariska, it will kill you !!!! :music:

Pablo · **Posted:** Oct 23, 2008 1:38 pm

KEWA wrote:

Also for me a top 10 Katie Hit. That song has a special happy feeling. One day, whe we have a "Best Off" album from Katie, that song will be present.

That's so funny to read now, because many people were surprised when it turned out that it made it to the Collection! I was very happy actually, because it's one of my favourites. But it's not a very popular song, fairly unknown, never released as a single. Guess Katie and/or Mike must like it very much, otherwise I can't think why they put it on the Collection.
But tell me, KEWA, do you also have a crystal ball?

KEWA · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 9360

Pablo wrote:

That's so funny to read now, because many people were surprised when it turned out that it made it to the Collection! I was very happy actually, because it's one of my favourites. But it's not a very popular song, fairly unknown, never released as a single. Guess Katie and/or Mike must like it very much, otherwise I can't think why they put it on the Collection.
But tell me, KEWA, do you also have a crystal ball?

Look below. I have a great taste in Music, that's all!!!!

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