Tiger’s Eye
From On the Advent of a Dream
Tiger’s Eye
‘Tiger’s Eye’ arrives at the midpoint of the album’s first half, and it does exactly what a fifth track should: it anchors. At a deliberate pace, the build from close-mic’d intimacy to full-band release is handled with real craft, and when the hook lands on ‘steady flame when I get lost inside,’ the vocal stack blooms into something that recalls Heart at their most unguarded. The lyric earns its directness too, with lines like ‘you don’t tell me how to be / but somehow, you still set me free’ threading vulnerability without tipping into sentiment. Coming after the airy restraint of ‘By Starlight Drifting West,’ this one plants its feet, and the emotional steadiness it projects sets up the more combative energy that follows.
Lyrics
Winds scream against the windowpane I used to run, I used to break But you don't flinch, you don't change You just breathe, you just stay
I lose my way, I lose my fight But you bring me back, you hold me right
My rock, my heart, my Tiger's Eye Steady flame when I get lost inside Unshaken, unchained, you shine My rock, my heart, my Tiger's Eye
You see the parts I try to hide You don't push, you just stand beside You don't tell me how to be But somehow, you still set me free
I lose myself, I spin too fast But you bring me back, you make it last
My rock, my heart, my Tiger's Eye Steady flame when I get lost inside Unshaken, unchained, you shine My rock, my heart, my Tiger's Eye
I've been a ghost, I've been a storm Drifting, wild, undefined But somehow, you always know Where I am, where I'll go
My rock, my heart, my Tiger's Eye Holding on when I come untied Unshaken, unchained, you shine My rock, my heart, my Tiger's Eye
My rock, my heart… my Tiger's Eye…