Elephant Gun

Beirut

If I was young, I'd flee this town
I'd bury my dreams underground
As did I, we drink to die, we drink tonight

Far from home, elephant gun
Let's take them down one by one
We'll lay it down, it's not been found, it's not around

Let the seasons begin, it rolls right on
Let the seasons begin, take the big king down

Let the seasons begin, it rolls right on
Let the seasons begin, take the big king down

And it rips through the silence of our camp at night
And it rips through the night

And it rips through the silence of our camp at night
And it rips through the silence, all that is left is all that I hide


Lyrics submitted by somersault, edited by tuesdaymush

Elephant Gun Lyrics as written by Zach Condon

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    I have a feeling it is nothing more than a song expressing the hopelessness of an old drunk. looking back on how he lived and did many grand things in his time but at the end of his life what does he have but wine and memories? it is fatalistic in the sense that the singer has come to the end of his rope and sees nothing but his death through the bottom of a wine glass. he has naught else to live for because he is too old to live as he did. its just about nostalgia and retrospection and romanticism. like an old drunken bard singing in a pub

    tragic but beautifully written and composed

    OliverCarleon August 01, 2007   Link

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