"Elephant" lyrics

There is one figure in particular
That looms over my life
A damaged, and damaging
Country girl

And once she arrived
She never went back to the cows
No, she stayed, and she made
My life hell

All the things not said
The room is all elephant
I know I'm speaking ill of the dead
But I hated, and hate
The memory of her wobbly head

Go on, go on
Go on, get down there
Get down, stay down
Go on

Green was the colour of her bulging eyes
Red was the colour of her hair
Black was the colour of her fingertips
When she embarked on her final trip

Godspeed, godspeed
Go on, get down there
Stay in the place where
There's no light, no air
No love lost, no
I'll be smiling here
Feeling alive
Feeling alive
Feeling alive

(Alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive)
(Alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive)

All the things not said
The room is all elephant
Did you ever think you could've said something?
The things not said
You could've said them

Go on (go on)
Go on (go on)
Go on (go on)
Get down there (get down there)
Get down (get down)
Stay down (stay down)
Go on, get down, get down, get down
Go on (go on)
Go on (go on)
Go on (go on)
Get down there (get down there)
Get down, stay down, stay down
Stay down (stay down, stay down, stay down)

The troll under the bridge, she became
The ogre in the wood, she became
A beast with bloodshot eyes, she became
A toddler with a tanty, she became

A teeth-bared rottweiler
Monstrous, reeking
Trunk was wildly swinging
Words unspeakable and reverberating

She became
She became
She became

(Alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive)
(Alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive)

The things unsaid (the things not said)
The room is all elephant (the things not said)
Did you ever think you could've said something? (the things not said)
The things not said
You should've said them

Well I'm saying something now