Dan Bull - Look at the Elephant lyrics

I'd like to tell you
Some uncomfortable truths
This will now happen

Within a few years
The elephants are gonna die
But they're less important to our
Ecosystem than a fly (Why?)
All of our actions are ultimately selfish
Even when we help the helpless
We're thinking what we can get out of this
No need for an apology it's just biology
Because we’re stronger in a colony
And honestly i can't debate the fact my
Claims will be debated
I can't overstate the fact I'm underrated
I can't stand or understand
The fact I'm hated i tried being understated
'till I realized it was overrated
Your tablet phone was made by
Modern day slave labour


The world today is a race to make
Us chase paper to the grave spend, spend
Spend! but make sure you save for later
Haters are gonna hate
But maybe what they're sayin' will save ya'
Insane or saviour am I a liar
Pariah messiah
Or a normal guy with a desire to inquire?
I'm adding fuel to fire
I draw the ire I decided the dividing line
Like a binary multiplier
We're all bullied in school
But never did it ourselves
That doesn't add up
You are a bully without knowing as well
You're guilty of stuff you'd have others
Thrown in a cell for so look close to home
Before telling us what we're
Going to hell for

Look at the elephant!
Look at the fucking elephant, the elephant
Look at the motherfucking elephant
The elephant
Look at the fucking elephant, the elephant
Look at the motherfucking elephant

Now human rights are universal
'cause they mean nothing unless given
To the worst of us
Regardless of what people do
Murderers are people too
Who legally you're equal to
There's no line between good and evil, dude
There's only actions and intentions
A result of chemical reactions and events
And any ethical infractions
That you care to add to that are an invention
But don't pretend that that's an invitation
To act a twat
'cause you're ingrained with empathy
Advanced behavior saviour
But, you have more empathy for
People of your own race
For those whose skin tone fit's
That of your own face
(Don't blame me, I'm just saying)
The capacity's in all of us for genocide
It's best to face the demon inside
Than try to run and hide
Nazis were people, too (What?)
If you'd have been in their circumstances
The certain chance is you would be one, too
Pedophiles are people, too
That's their sexuality
It's not a choice, they're not criminals
Unless they breach legality
And when the age of
Consent changes internationally
Ranging from 8 to 18
Then it's a massive leap
You may feel uncomfortable
But it’s the truth, actually
Like the fact that you're a walking
Talking poo factory

Look at the elephant!
Look at the fucking elephant, the elephant
Look at the motherfucking elephant
The elephant
Look at the fucking elephant, the elephant
Look at the motherfucking elephant

Within a few years
The elephants are gonna die
But they're less important to our
Ecosystem than a fly (Oh my)
And transsexual is genetically
Their birth gender
It's burnt into the embers of their
Cells like the Earth's center we can pretend
But in the end eventually
Identities inconsequential conscious beings
Are non-essential disagree?
Each piece of meat you eat
Was born of suffering
Most reasons for eating it recede to
Nothing when you look at it
And similarly with abortion
A significant portion of the arguments
Can apply to infants that are already born
If you say you refuse to
Go back to coat hangers
Then the NRA could claim the same
‘We won't go back to daggers!'
You may say 'It's none of our
Business as a cis het prick'
But, I'm not one for indifference
I'm at odds with it is what it is
Regardless of whose gob's admitting it
So if you've got a problem we're listing it
It's probably the cognitive
Dissonance kickin' in
Some of your most deep and
Strong beliefs are wrong mine too
Read along to the lyrics of this song
You'll probably see the ones to err is human
To forgive divine
To redefine what we believe is right
Is to see behind the scenes
To really feel alive
To be reminded of the blood the guts
The bones and the meat inside
I really tried
But this feeling can't even be described
It's too revealing i can't be surprised
We try to keep it hiding at times
Fear takes over so like Peter we deny
But the beauty within reason
Seems it cannot be defined
Everyone will compromise their morals
For enough money
And farts will always, always be funny

Look at the elephant!
Look at the fucking elephant, the elephant
Look at the motherfucking elephant
The elephant
Look at the fucking elephant, the elephant
Look at the motherfucking elephant

You are going to die no, really listen to me
You are
Going to die
Now I don't care about advances in cryogenics
Or the infinite universe theory you
Are going
To die