5. Lágrimas de Tigre ~ Composed by Moisés Nieto

"Tigger is the name of the best cat that's ever existed. He was the son of my first cat, so it was very special to me.
I found it the 13th june of 2011 hidden under the bushes, His eyes were lifeless, he could not move, he could not breathe. I refreshed him with fresh water and gently pushed him in the belly just like Simba did on Mufasa, but nothing happened. I cried for hours. He was only 7, but he was experiencing a severe fever and we were going to go to the vet that day.

He was a very active cat, full of life and energy. Everytime I came back from the university, he was there waiting for me and trying to snip in my room. He liked looking at me through the window, asking me with his green eyes to let him in. Then, while I was opening the window, he always yawned. He loved to be stroked behind the ears and liked sitting on my lap so I could stroke his shiny long hair.

I still look at the window, but he doesn't appear, and never will. Thanks for all the great moments I spent with you, thanks for all the happiness you gave me. You were, above all, my best friend."


I wrote this text the day he left my life, I'm sorry if it sounds too sad! I was really really hurt and broken, but now I'm starting to accept it. I don't know why, but I really needed to write a song for him that day, I knew it would help me to heal the wounds. It was done in ~1 hour so it's not very "meditated" and it might be a bit unstructured, but I decided not to change it once it was finished. I just started improvising whatever I felt like playing, and this is the result. The title "Lágrimas de Tigre" means "Tiger tears".

Anyway, I didn't want it to sound too sad! It's supposed to be more like a tribute to him than a lament. That's why the end is in a major kay, he had a nice life and I guess he wouldn't want me to cry for him :(
I made a simple video with videos and pics I had, I wish I had more recordings of him ;w;
Thanks to this piece and to you guys, I'm sure he will never be forgotten!

And finally (Omg, this is so long!) a quote that I came across in a book and I really loved: "And yet, he was finding more and more that he didn't want to take his mind off of her. Which was more potent? The pain of memory, or the pain of forgetting? "
Written by Brandon Sanderson in his Mistborn saga.

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CREDITS

- Mastering by: 48hourmasters.com/
- © Moisés Nieto (HollowRiku)
Album released under a Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Feel free to download the sheet music and upload your covers to Youtube! If you buy any of my songs, feel free to use them in your non-commercial projects! (AMVs, youtube videos...)~
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[purinafanchow]

Very haunting.

[HollowRiku]

@purinafanchow Thank you!!

[Spaghetti775]

With every one of your pieces, I'm sure you've reached the bounds of your creativity.

Then the next one comes along.

Beautiful in many, many ways.

[HollowRiku]

@Spaghetti775 Thank you so much Spaghetti! ;_; Really appreciate your comment!!

[GreenLeafie]

I know how u feel. I had a cat and I loved him sooo much. He was soo old. We thought he could die any day. And then one day, he just disappear. He never really had left the house before. I prayed he would come back home. But he never did. After a few weeks searching for him I finally accepted he was really gone... I cried my eyes out for him... Gosh sorry for the long comment. Well guess u wont be reading this anyway...

[HollowRiku]

@GreenLeafie Thank you so much T_T Of course I'm reading it!! Maybe he knew he was going to leave you and he didn't want you to know it =( I'm sorry about that, he will always be living in your memories!

[GreenLeafie]

@HollowRiku Aww thanks :) Yeah he will always be in my memory! Oh yeah i forgot to mention that you did an awesome job on this piece :D I hope one day I'll be able to play as good as you!

[HollowRiku]

@LucielStarz123 Thank you so much Luciel ;_;!! Wow, I'd have never thought about knowing the smell of this song O_O It looks like an interesting mix! xD Thanks to you for your awesome comment, it really means a lot to me specially in this piece x_x!

[LucielStarz123]

You know, I can almost feel his soft fur on my hand when you pet him. Such a wonderful piece you've composed here. Being synesthetic( I can taste/smell and see sound when I hear it(it's cool but can be annoying too)) This song have a pleasant and rich with a subtle bitter taste to it, the smell is rather...strange. Like old moldy cheese and potato chip with cream soup(no insult there). The sight is very beautiful too. Thnks for composing this awesome piece

[HollowRiku]

@chiron2009 Thank you so much!