I fought a tiger.

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I had a regularly reoccurring dream for about three years.  One that woke me up in a sweat.

I was always trying to kill evil.

Some times it was a person, some times it was a tiger.  I would be running from it and it would eventually corner me.  Then I would turn and fight.  It was a violent series of dreams.  I was constantly bash it in the head with my fists, then I would chase it.

I never saw it's face. (But of course you know whats coming.)


Eventually (one particularly vivid session) evil turned and looked at me, and who did it look like? Me, of course.

Jon Foreman writes a lot of lyrics about the internal battle.

I like the lyrics to "Mess of Me"

I am my own affliction
I am my own disease
There ain't no drug that they could sell
Ah, there ain't no drug to make me well

There ain't no drug
There ain't no drug
There ain't no drug, it's not enough
The sickness is myself

I made a mess of me
I wanna get back the rest of me
I made a mess of me
I wanna spend the rest of my life alive

I made a mess of me
I wanna get back the rest of me
I made a mess of me
I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
The rest of my life alive

We lock our souls in cages
We hide inside our shells
It's hard to free the ones you love
Oh, when you can't forgive yourself
Yeah, forgive yourself

There ain't no drug
There ain't no drug
Ah, there ain't no drug
[- From :http://www.elyrics.net/read/s/switchfoot-lyrics/mess-of-me-lyrics.html -]
The sickness is myself

I made a mess of me
I wanna get back the rest of me
I made a mess of me
I wanna spend the rest of my life alive

I made a mess of me
I wanna reverse this tragedy
I made a mess of me
I wanna spend the rest of my live alive
The rest of my life alive

Right, there ain't no drug
There ain't no drug
There ain't no drug
No drugs to make me well

There ain't no drug
It's not enough
I'm breaking up
The sickness is myself
The sickness is myself

I made a mess of me
I wanna get back the rest of me
I made a mess of me
I wanna spend the rest of my life alive

I made a mess of me
I wanna reverse this tragedy
I made a mess of me
I wanna spend the rest of my live alive
The rest of my life alive