So many times it happens too fast
You trade your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive

It's the eye of the tiger
It's the thrill of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

Face to face, out in the heat
Hanging tough, staying hungry
They stack the odds still we take to the street
For the kill with the skill to survive

It's the eye of the tiger
It's the thrill of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

Rising up, straight to the top
Had the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive

It's the eye of the tiger
It's the thrill of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

The eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger

to these lyrics to help us possibly prepare for something that may be stressful to us. An example

of this is taking a very important exam, or trying out for the softball team for the first time. We

connect to lyrics like these because a part of us may believe that we can overcome whatever

obstacle is in our way. The “eye of the tiger” is our sense of looking at something we may fear

straight in the eyes and tackling it head on. When we listen to songs like “Eye of the Tiger”, our confidence rises, and we walk around with our heads held high. This song makes us feel proud,

confident, and ready for anything.

connection becomes a sad one, because the person may have been a very close person to us.

Listening to songs that have very sad lyrics may cause us to walk slower around somewhere, or

maybe even walk with our heads down. We may think about where we were when the song had been released. We also may think about how the song was a favorite of the person who is no longer in our lives. These lyrics may not always connect to someone who has passed on. Song lyrics like these may relate to someone we may not necessarily be friends with anymore or a family member who may have simply moved away.

presented in a song. This may be independent of lyrics; musical sounds themselves may carry emotional meaning, writes Cornell University psychologist Carol Krumhansl in Current

Directions in Psychological Science.”