Steve Kilbey - Celebration Of The Birthday Of The Elephant God Lyrics
I know you don't believe anymoreSo I wonder where you got the knowledgeWith our desire to acquire moreIn the service of your masterYou can take a faster doorI know you don't pretend anymoreI wonder where you got the silverI wonder how you got the powerI wonder where you got the fireIt isn't that surprisingA spiritual uprising, could affect things nowDown the street the celebration'sReached disintegration, surging past anyhowIn the service of your masterYou can take a faster doorServants all we ebb and flowRemindless as we come and goChanges (changeless ? ) as we die and growCold dead womb and troubled seaResonate in sympathyI know one day you'll come to meWith the faint whir of leathery wingsEvoking all impossible thingsEternal twilight feels so coldWhen the money's all gone your love's been soldThe elephant God sits impassiveHis ivory tusks are black and massiveWe swing and we curve and we splinter in fitsDrum 'round his throne where he patiently sitsThe law of the jungle, the jungle of loreDevil of the rich, God of the poorIn this frenzied crowd I lose my isolationAs we merge together in celebrationThe elephant God sits unmovedHis distant eyes, our tongues and grooves (are tongued and grooved ? )The noise and the smell and the terrible dancersBurning questions and nebulous answersServants all we ebb and flowRemindless as we come and goChanges as we die and growCold dead moon the children seeResonate in sympathyI know one day you'll come to meOur immaterial world is bestMy fingers chase remindlessnessBut just slowly come to restI know the walrus wasn't paulIn el dorado just once moreYou're everything and even more (I'm lookin' for ? )The songs of dancers fade away2001 became the wayI'll pay your ransom for todayAnd it still seems such a wasteOne brief life, one brief tasteAll the phantoms have been chasedTo eternity
