Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
A bum was in my trash
He's pickin' out all the cans firewater
Burnin' up his poor swollen glands
The Lysol and Listerine
It went to his head
He eats boot black rotted on a
Piece of white bread
He did the Pink the Pink Elephant
Blinded by the sauce you know
I'd rather stay bent
Sleazy P. Martini ran the Pink Elephant
With hot-pink curtains where the sloe gin decants
A shave and a haircut knock knock
Would for sure get you in to see
The Cherry Poppin' Daddies play
The lampshades were zebra skin
We did the Pink the Pink Elephant
Blinded by the sauce you know
I'd rather stay bent
My mouth is like a circus but I'm always in debt
I'd never pass the bar unless I thought it was wet
But that's the way they sucker me to my
Final dissolve
'Cause if you set'em up I'm drinkin'em down
I did the Pink the Pink Elephant
Blinded by the sauce you know
I'd rather stay bent
He's pickin' out all the cans firewater
Burnin' up his poor swollen glands
The Lysol and Listerine
It went to his head
He eats boot black rotted on a
Piece of white bread
He did the Pink the Pink Elephant
Blinded by the sauce you know
I'd rather stay bent
Sleazy P. Martini ran the Pink Elephant
With hot-pink curtains where the sloe gin decants
A shave and a haircut knock knock
Would for sure get you in to see
The Cherry Poppin' Daddies play
The lampshades were zebra skin
We did the Pink the Pink Elephant
Blinded by the sauce you know
I'd rather stay bent
My mouth is like a circus but I'm always in debt
I'd never pass the bar unless I thought it was wet
But that's the way they sucker me to my
Final dissolve
'Cause if you set'em up I'm drinkin'em down
I did the Pink the Pink Elephant
Blinded by the sauce you know
I'd rather stay bent
Lyrics submitted by JoKeR4MeNToR, edited by Cutdoc
Pink Elephant Lyrics as written by Perry
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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ive heard quite a few times that see the pink elephant, happens when you are drunk... maybe acid also, idk
Dumbo saw pink elephants when he was drunk. It actually all makes sense now. xD
He eats boot black rotted on a piece of white bread
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