Imperial Railway - The elephant Lyrics
Pulling down phone lines bending weather vanesUnmaking anything I’ve madeSitting by your bedside barely awakeStealing the last thing to my nameEverything I want, everything I ownLies engraved in my mother’s stoneShe was looking for more land to exploreA boat upstream with no oarsI swim along to make amendsGoing on and on about my father’s endGreat things come when a man is undoneA wife can’t knit quick enough to keep her sonUnder wraps, strings attached, a current growing strongUnder the ocean’s where we belongI’ve been fetching water for elephantsThe days pass but they graze the sameMy mother grows weary but stays quite contemptShe’s been digging up her own graveShe had a life in that tiny townBut those days are buried undergroundGrowing up strong, staying quietly alarmedLove always loses its charmGreat things come when a man is undoneA wife can’t knit quick enough to keep her sonUnder wraps, strings attached, a current growing strongUnder the ocean’s where we belongYou’re trapped on your tiny bottled raftKept safeTrapped on your tiny bottled raftKept safe in the world behind the glassGreat things come when a man is undoneA wife can’t knit quick enough to keep their loveIn a land where there’s no telling what’s right or wrongAbove the clouds is where we belongGreat things come when a man is undoneA wife can’t knit quick enough to keep her sonUnder wraps, strings attached, a current growing strongUnder the ocean’s where we belong
