Steve Kilbey - Celebration Of The Birthday Of The Elephant God lyrics

I know you don't believe anymore So i wonder where you got the knowledge With our desire to acquire more In the service of your master You can take a faster door I know you don't pretend anymore I wonder where you got the silver I wonder how you got the power I wonder where you got the fire It isn't that surprising A spiritual uprising, could affect things now Down the street the celebration's Reached disintegration, surging past anyhow In the service of your master You can take a faster door Servants all we ebb and flow Remindless as we come and go Changes (changeless ?) as we die and grow Cold dead womb and troubled sea Resonate in sympathy I know one day you'll come to me With the faint whir of leathery wings Evoking all impossible things Eternal twilight feels so cold When the money's all gone your love's been sold The elephant god sits impa**ive His ivory tusks are black and ma**ive We swing and we curve and we splinter in fits Drum 'round his throne where he patiently sits The law of the jungle, the jungle of lore Devil of the rich, god of the poor In this frenzied crowd i lose my isolation As we merge together in celebration The elephant god sits unmoved His distant eyes, our tongues and grooves (are tongued and grooved ?) The noise and the smell and the terrible dancers Burning questions and nebulous answers Servants all we ebb and flow Remindless as we come and go Changes as we die and grow Cold dead moon the children see Resonate in sympathy I know one day you'll come to me Our immaterial world is best My fingers chase remindlessness But just slowly come to rest I know the walrus wasn't paul In el dorado just once more You're everything and even more (i'm lookin' for ?) The songs of dancers fade away 2001 became the way I'll pay your ransom for today And it still seems such a waste One brief life, one brief taste All the phantoms have been chased To eternity