Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is a new song not yet recorded on cd. Recorded live at the North East Regional Folk Alliance Conference in Stamford Ct in November of 2019.

daisy mayhem are from left to right:
Anand Nayak - guitar
Andrew Kinsey - stand up bass
Scott Kessel - Percussion

Many thanks to the multi-talented Anand Nayak for the outstanding audio mix!

raniarbo.com

Lyrics:
Pluck the tiger from your heart
Tell him go and make a start
Somewhere else in the forest of striving

Tell him take his yellow eyes
He’s been shining through the trees
And leave you with the quiet of your breathing

Cause oh, your body knows, every wound a way to close
Every break, a way to begin the mending
And oh if you agree, won’t you sing this song with me
I am love, I am love, I am love, I am love, never ending

Pluck the tiger from your lips
Give his little lies the slip
You may be surprised to hear the silence humming
Even if you cannot see
All the raging beauty
You can still see the daylight coming

Pluck the tiger from your heart
Lift him high and far apart
And leave him, all skin and bones and waiting
And when he comes back to feed, tell him
I am all I need
And you are fear, and fear is fading

Lyrics and music: Rani Arbo