Here’s the music video for my song White Elephant.
Collegiate Definition
White Elephant
noun
- 1: an Asian elephant of a pale color that is sometimes venerated in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Myanmar
- 2a: a property requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit
- b: an object no longer of value to its owner but of value to others
- c: something of little or no value
If I’d known all of this, back then,
I’d have learned how to leave
Arguing for something
In which you never believed
Hidden beneath gifts and gestures
And a sexy smile
Promises of forever,
Dipped in poison and guile
“Nothing is wrong.”
A comforting lie you could sell
I vaguely recall something about
Good intentions in hell
The dark witch’s oracle warned,
I shouldn’t let you pass
I taught myself to trust your love
And it bit me in the ass
White elephant on the bed
Whispers softly
“Come hide in the silence
Of secrets and shadows, with me.”
Mocked me at every chance,
Made sure everyone heard
For cruelty such as this,
I’m not sure that I know the word
Revenge is ill-suited to love
And so, I decline
The idea that mercy is weakness
Is yours and not mine
The way you spit venom
At those who tried to help you
I’ve no need to raise my bitten hand,
Your destroyer is you
The dark witch’s oracle warned,
I shouldn’t let you pass
I taught myself to trust your love
And it bit me in the ass
White elephant on the bed
Whispers softly
“Come hide in the silence
Of secrets and shadows, with me.”
All words and music
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