ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
© by Giles Meehan May / July 2010 / recorded June 2012
We'll do anything we can, we'll pay any price,
Tell stories, tell jokes, there's too much to lose
If we mention its name or touch or try to fight,
So we'll never have to confront the elephant in the room.
Elephant in the room ...
We'll walk about awkwardly like a turn full of turtles,
Pretend not to hear it when it starts to move,
But the more we ignore it, scared that it might hurt us,
Then the more we can't miss the elephant in the room.
Elephant in the room ...
You know exactly what I'm talking about, just what I mean,
But you just see just what you choose.
Unmissable - out of place, unspeakable - just in case
Any of us would have to face the elephant in the room.
I don't need to explain, and if I had to - be fair -
Then you still wouldn't get why I'm singing this tune,
But perhaps if we blink and pretend it's not there,
Then it wouldn't see us, there'd be no elephant in the room!
Elephant in the room ...
You know exactly what I'm talking about ...
There's nothing to discuss, it's just the elephant and us!
Elephant in the room ...