You asked me if I live without her   I choke on my reply   Let the blind man   At the mirror spin his lie      And I'm damned if I don't try   Damned if I don't try   But no matter what I say   It doesn't go away at all   And I'm still unable to get free      And I've never been afraid   Of a convenience   That I could have made   But having to admit this one has me      And so the tiger's got his toe   And the only way to holler   Is by letting go   Still unable to get free      With cork and wax   I try my best   To spackle in the hole   The inevitable aging of my soul      And my heart it gets so tired   It's my heart and it gets so tired   It's just a trace to track the pain   The beat that I sustain for hoping   And I am still unable to get free      And I've never been afraid   Of a consequence   That I could have made   But having to admit this one has me      And so the tiger's got his toe   And the only way to holler   Is by letting go   Still unable to get free      I see connections   In my contention   That I could see redemption   Through the bars of this cage      And I don't know what to do   I don't know what to do   For accepting sight unseen   So desperately I dream   Of some day when I won't be unable to get free      And I've never been afraid   Of a consequence   That I could have made   But having to accept this one has me      And so the tiger's got his toe   And the only way to holler   Is by letting go   Still unable to get free      And I've never been afraid   Of a consequence   That I could have made   But having to admit this one has me      And so the tiger's got his toe   And the only way to holler   Is by letting go   Still unable to get free