Tiger - Seth Lakeman

Where the shingle rose and tumbles into the ever graven sea

Where the waves surround the cliff edge, this burden lives with me

Beneath the filtered beckon, stretch into the sand

Me, My home, my history, my secret on this land

In '43 a message came, a sacrifice it seemed

Each family would leave their home, to meet these fighting schemes

Bound in silence, I was bound and sworn

But you can hear that tiger when he roars

Bound in silence, I was bound and sworn

But you can hear that tiger when he roars

Those hunky troops came forward, charged upon our strand

The raging bullets battering, from those ever youthful hands

We watched high on the hillside, from the banks onto the beach

Counted every covered fire, and each blast was sinking deep

Judgement came in swiftly, we found an armoured shell

And the cry of panic tore the air, young Leftridge he had fell

Bound in silence, I was bound and sworn

But you can hear that tiger when he roars

Bound in silence, I was bound and sworn

But you can hear that tiger when he roars

Then April brought a bitterness, a truth that we were told

But how the yew boats scattered them, a tragedy exposed

For the weeks the trials continued

For months they frayed and fought

Till all the deals were set upon and all the witnesses were brought

Where the shingle rose and tumbles into the ever graven sea

And here I broke my promise, this story lives in me

And here I broke my promise, this story lives in me

Bound in silence, I was bound and sworn

But you can hear that tiger when he roars

Bound in silence, I was bound and sworn

But you can hear that tiger when he roars