The Relevant Elephants

I can’t help but think that by now I should’ve had things together Feels like forever I’ve been trying to grow up And I can’t help but think of what people think when they see me Do they see a kid or a functional member of society?

Does everyone know what they’re doing except me? Cause my mind and life seem to move at different speeds Try my best to keep up cause I don’t wanna get left in the dust

I can’t help but think that I can’t be in a relationship Why would I drag someone else down into the mess I am in? And I can’t help but think that I’ll be indebted forever  Financially, emotionally, and it really scares the hell out of me

Does everyone know what they’re doing except me? Cause my mind and life seem to move at different speeds Try my best to keep up cause I don’t wanna get left in the dust

I hate to admit I’m sort of winging it and everything’s up in the air I can’t see myself with a family, a house, and a career When I don’t even know where I’m going to be next year

Are you ever gonna want me? Or are you just playin’ with me? Now I know that nothing’s perfect, you taught that lesson to me Now don’t ask what I expect cause I really have no answer At this point my jealousy has just turned into a cancer

Tongues are twisted from your riddles and you’re afraid to settle Let’s end it right this time before I go out of my mind I just can’t deal with rejection, it’s for my ego’s own protection I’ve done all that I can do to just kill this obsession

What am I supposed to do when everybody wants a piece of me but you? And we’ll never be together cause I’m on the road forever Yeah it’s just my curse of writing for you

Can’t get you out of my head Lying awake in my bed I’ll always be going to where the girls are calling They wanna get in my skin and I’ll always let them in I’m having fun now but I’ll always be thinkin’

Been around a time or two, thought I would have learned You’d think I’d stop playing with matches after I got burned

She said “Maybe but not right now Would you mind just hangin’ around? When I’m at a better time of my life I will give you a yes or a no”

I would like to live my life so please send me on my way All I need’s an answer and I need the answer today

She said “Maybe but not right now Would you mind just hangin’ around? When I’m at a better time of my life I will give you a yes or a no”

And I can’t keep waiting around So hurry up and let me down

I’m tellin a story with no image It doesn’t even rhyme It makes me cringe Well, I guess not this time

The storm is coming, the river is rising And I’m quite afraid with the uncertainty of what this will bring

Too many questions left unanswered What did I do wrong? I did what I could. I’m just not strong. Take me back to that place of safety A place I used to know before I grew up, seems so long ago

I’m just like the man who built his house on sand The rain came down and he had to watch it fall I can’t build a home with paper walls

The wind is howling, the waves are crashing up on the shore I turn away but it’s hard to ignore What I would give to know what I do now a few years ago I’m so unprepared and it’s too late now

I’m just like the man who built his house on sand The rain came down and he had to watch it fall I can’t build a home with paper walls

The freeway is a parking lot, but I don’t care Standing here watching clouds of smog blowing through the air Up ahead in the distance is the horizon line I’ve heard it said that you could see mountains once upon a time

Yeah I know that you come here if you’re not afraid to disappear But my story won’t end that way Yeah I know no matter what your plan is chances are you’re gonna vanish I know this dog will have his day So I say

Lady Luck I wanna dance, won’t you take me by the hand? Does the world really need another rock n’ roll band? I’m getting high on my supply but there is really no demand Does the world really need another rock n’ roll band?

Friday it’s a lottery, everybody plays You work your day job then rush across town to take the stage Play your heart out to a full house or an empty bar To some new fans or a few friends tellin you “you’ll go far”

Look around and all I see, there’s too many other fools like me chasing that same illusive dream How can I hope to stand out from such an enormous crowd? It’s too late to change horses midstream So it seems

Lady Luck I wanna dance, won’t you take me by the hand? Does the world really need another rock n’ roll band? I’m getting high on my supply but there is really no demand Does the world really need another rock n’ roll band?

Do you really think you can go all the way? Don’t you know how many people seek fortune and fame? What makes you think you’re better than us? Come down from your cloud, you’ll find that the real world is enough

Opening subway doors, fighting for a seat Crammed in like sardines and I got coffee spilled on me Now I’m trying to relax, but there’s an elbow in my back And now I’m had at how I let things just get this way

Now where am I? I don’t know. This just became my home

Work is just me staring blankly at a screen While someone yells at me so I just smile and agree I need to disengage from all the noise and rage I want to spend my days all alone and far away

Now where am I? I don’t know. This just became my home

Yeah well I’m done fightin’ this battle with my city life Gonna ditch the orange glow and trade it for some stars at night Gonna see some mountain peaks and lay down where the grass is green And it’s all on my time, yeah nowhere sounds real nice

Leaving apartment three, not like there’s much to leave Just mementos of all the times that I underachieved Don’t need them anymore, just want to be ignored Just want to take some time for me to try and find some peace

Now where am I? I don’t know. This just became my home

I got a memory that isn’t mine No need to worry, I’m doing fine No need to hurry, you’ll get here when you get here, take your time But when you finally get here, you will ease my aching mind.

I moved to the city a few years ago Thought you would hit me with a crushing blow I thought you would attack me from behind but now I know That I cannot be happy until I feel the punch you throw

And I said I built you up in my mind I turned you into a goddess But you will never be mine Even though I’ve been trying my hardest Cause you’re royalty and me, I’m just a starving artist

Well I met this new chick, she’s wicked smart Major’s in physics, minor’s in art Sometimes we just hang out doing laps round Harvard Yard I tried to write this song before I met her, but I kept getting lost at this part

Now don’t you know I’m in a rock band and we play out Every other weekend we make the people scream and shout But then the weekend’s over and their ain’t nothing to write home about I swear I’m a believer, but now and then I have my doubts

And I said I built you up in my mind I turned you into a goddess But you will never be mine Even though I’ve been trying my hardest Cause you’re royalty and me, I’m just a starving artist

I built you up I built you up....