"Eat The Elephant" m. and l. Maynard James Keenan, Billy Howerdel Eat The Elephant (2018) Looming, omnipresent, this task ahead, this task at hand Ominous and daunting, crippling undertaking, I'm frozen Where to begin eludes me, without you to remind me Just take the step, just take the swing, just take the bite, just go all in Where to begin eludes me, booting ever deeper, this massive endeavor Ominous and daunting, crippling undertaking Just take the step, just take the swing, just take the bite, just go all in Take the step, take the swing, take the bite, just take the bite Take the step, take the swing, take the bite, just go all in Where to begin eludes me, without you to remind me, just begin "Disillusioned" m. and l. Maynard James Keenan, Billy Howerdel Eat The Elephant (2018) Dopamine, on dopamine, on dopamine, on dope We have been overrun by our animal desire Addicts of the immediate keep us obedient and unaware Feeding this mutation, this Pavlovian despair We've become disillusioned, so we run towards anything glimmering Time to put the silicon obsession down, take a look around Find a way in the silence, lie supine away with your back to the ground Dis- and re-connect to the resonance now, you were never an island Unique, voice among the many, in this choir, tuning Into each other, lift all higher, advertisement, scroll to continue with content Dopamine, on dopamine, on dopamine, on dope Willingly been re-wired by clever agents within Looping our reflections, our obsessions draw us in Fix and fixation, no sentience beyond We've become disillusioned, so we dive like crows towards anything glittering Time to put the silicon obsession down, take a look around Find a way in the silence, lie supine away with your back to the ground Dis- and re-connect to the resonance now, you were never an island Unique, voice among the many in this choir, tuning Into each other, lift all higher "The Contrarian" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Eat The Elephant (2018) Hello, he lied, like velvet this magician's sleight of tongue and hand Hello, he lied, beware, belie his smile As warm and calculated as heroin, beware the Contrarian Within everyone, a scale, a voice, everyone but him Core is black as pitch, soul is out of tune Advocate of none, beware, belie his smile Will cost you everything, cloak and masquerades Contempt for everyone, hello, hello, he lied Hello, he lied, like velvet this magician's sleight of tongue and hand Hello, he lied, beware, belie his smile As warm and calculated as heroin, beware the Contrarian "The Doomed" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Eat The Elephant (2018) Behold a new Christ, behold the same old horde Gather at the altering, new beginning, new word And the word was death and the word was without light The new beatitude: "Good luck, you're on your own" Blessed are the fornicates, may we bend down to be their whores Blessed are the rich, may we labor, deliver them more Blessed are the envious, bless the slothful, the wrathful, the vain Blessed are the gluttonous, may they feast us to famine and war What of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful? What of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful? All doomed, all doomed Behold a new Christ, behold the same old horde Gather at the altering, new beginning, new word And the word was death and the word was without light The new beatitude: "Good luck..." What of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful? What of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful? What of the righteous? What of the charitable? What of the truthful, the dutiful, the decent? Doomed are the poor, doomed are the peaceful Doomed are the meek, doomed are the merciful For the word is now death and the word is now without light The new beatitude: "Fuck the doomed, you're on your own" "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Eat The Elephant (2018) Time is money and money's time, we wasted every second dime On diets, lawyers, shrinks and apps and flags and plastic surgery Now Willy Wonka, Major Tom, Ali, and Leia have moved on Signal the final curtain call in all its atomic pageantry Bravissimo, hip hip hooray for this fireworks display Mind and body blown away, what a radiant crescendo! Ticker tape parade, our hair and skin like Marilyn Monroe in an afterwind Time is money and money's time, we wasted every second dime On politicians, fancy water and guns and plastic surgery Like our Prince and Reenie's mom, all the dolphins have moved on Signaling the final curtain call in all its atomic pageantry Bravissimo, hip hip hooray, what a glorious display Melt our joyous hearts away, under the mushroom cloud confetti Hip hip hooray for this fireworks display Mind and body blown away, what a radiant crescendo Hip hip hooray, hip hip hooray, ticker tape parade Our hair and skin like Marilyn Monroe in an afterwind Time is money and money's time, we wasted every second dime On diets, lawyers, shrinks and apps and flags and plastic surgery Now Willy Wonka, Major Tom, Ali, and Leia have moved on Signal the final curtain call in all its atomic pageantry "TalkTalk" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Eat The Elephant (2018) [Verse 1] You're waiting (you're waiting ...) On miracles (on miracles ...) We're bleeding out (bleeding out ...) Thoughts (thoughts ...) And prayers (and prayers ...) Adorable (crisis ...) Like cake in a crisis (in a crisis ...) We're bleeding out (bleeding out ...) While you deliberate, bodies accumulate Sit and talk like Jesus, try walkin' like Jesus Sit and talk like Jesus, talk like Jesus Talk talk talk talk, get the fuck out of my way Don’t be the problem, be the solution Don’t be the problem, be the solution Don’t be the problem, be the solution Problem, problem, problem, problem Faith without works is, talk without works is Faith without works is, dead, dead, dead, dead Sit and talk like Jesus, try walkin' like Jesus Sit and talk like Jesus, try walkin' like Jesus Try braving the rain, try lifting the stone, try extending a hand Try walkin' your talk or get the fuck out of my way "By and Down" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Three Sixty (2013), eMOTIVe Live (2013), Stone and Echo (2013) Moving in and out of the shadow, it's no easy mission, holding on to how I picture you Showing only bits and pieces, 'til the tide betrays you and your empty allocution Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace of humility Searching your eyes for the saint is an act of futility Searching your eyes for a hint or trace of it Searching your eyes for humility Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace, I'm still searching, searching Showing all the missing pieces, 'til the light betrays you and your empty allocution Saw the Piper by and down the river, caught his crippled alchemy from pounding waves of adoration Pied Piper, float on down the river, bloated carcass crippled me, the weight of adoration Moving in and out of the shadows, it's no easy mission, holding on to how I picture you "By and Down The River" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Eat The Elephant (2018) Moving in and out of the shadow, it's no easy mission, holding on to how I picture you Showing only bits and pieces, 'till the light betray you and your empty elocution Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace of humility Searching your eyes for the saint is an act of futility Searching your eyes for a hint or trace of it Searching your eyes for humility Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace, I'm still searching, searching Showing only bits and pieces, 'till the tide betrays you and your empty elocution Float the Piper by and down the river, carcass crippled underneath the pounding waves of adoration Pied Piper, float on down the river, bloated carcass crippled 'neath, the weight of adoration Moving in and out of the shadow, it's no easy mission, holding on to how I picture you "Delicious" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Eat The Elephant (2018) How inconvenient and unexpected and harrowing for you As consequences tend to be for the rest of us So delicious to witness your dread, poetic justice consummate Not unlike you to heedlessly hoist away your smug grenade Arrogant and insolent, you don't give a damn, collateral be damned Not unlike you to hoist away, hoist away your smug grenade Choice and bed be made, good night, sleep tight So delicious for the rest of us to witness your dread, poetic justice consummate Not unlike you to heedlessly hoist by your own vain petard Wrong side of history, you don't give a damn, collateral be damned Not unlike you to hoist away, hoist away your smug grenade Choice and bed be made, good night, sleep tight "DLB" m. Billy Howerdel Eat The Elephant (2018) Instrumental "Hourglass" m. and l. Maynard James Keenan, Billy Howerdel Eat The Elephant (2018) Red flag red, all the sentinels are dead The Tokyo kitty, swallow, rose, and canary Tick tick tick, do you recognize the sounds as the grains count down Trickle down right in front of you? A little tickle tickle tickle, all your neck hairs prickle As they barbecue the sentinels and eat them right in front of you Hourglass smashed, a million little pieces The count down, carry on: five, four, three, two Aristocrat breaks down to, timocrat breaks down to Oligarch breaks down to, republocrat breaks down to Aristocrat breaks down to, timocrat breaks down to Oligarch breaks down to, republocrat breaks down to No hope left in the hourglass Red flag red, all the sentinels are damned The Tokyo kitty, swallow, rose, and canary Tick tick tick, do you recognize the sounds as the grains count down? Trickle down right in front of you Tickle tickle tickle, all your neck hairs prickle As they barbecue the sentinels then eat them right in front of you Hourglass smashed, a million little pieces The count down, carry on: five, four, three, two Aristocrat breaks down to, timocrat breaks down to Oligarch breaks down to, republocrat breaks down to Aristocrat breaks down to, timocrat breaks down to Oligarch breaks down to, republocrat breaks down to, breaks down to Aristocrat breaks down to, timocrat breaks down to Oligarch breaks down to, republocrat breaks down to Aristocrat breaks down to, timocrat breaks down to Oligarch breaks down to, republocrat breaks down to No hope left in the hourglass A ten, niner, eight! A ten, niner, eight! A ten, niner, eight! Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two A ten, niner, eight! Eight, seven, six, five, four, three "Feathers" m. and l. Maynard James Keenan, Billy Howerdel Eat The Elephant (2018) Damages define our border, wall and manner forged in flame Knowing little of your wounding, share our mending all the same Weight of words and wars we carry, I'm like you, just like you Eyes of secrets, storm, and story, show and tell, we'll make it through Sadness like a pendulum, pulls us 'round and to and fro Onus fate and undue odium, armor, anchor, lead, and stone By the telling, will they become? Will they all be feathers? Eyes of secrets, storm, and story, show and tell, we'll make it through Onus fate and undue odium, armor, anchor, lead, and stone By the telling may they become, may they all be feathers "Get The Lead Out" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Eat The Elephant (2018) Chit-chat, chit-chat, ain't got time for that We got places to be, we got mountains to climb Shape the rainbow with me, only so much time Get the lead out, suck it up, buttercup (We got places to be) Get the lead out, we got places to be, get the lead out Suck it up, buttercup, get the lead out, get the lead out We got places to be (We got places to be) Get the lead out, get the lead out Get the lead out, get the lead out, get the lead out Chit-chat, chit-chat, ain't got time for that Not one to dawdle, got, no time to coddle you No time to coddle you, no time Chit-chat, chit-chat, ain't got time for that Not one to dawdle, got, no time to coddle you No time to coddle you, no time Chit-chat, chit-chat, ain't got time for that Not one to dawdle, got, no time to coddle you No time to coddle you, no time Chit-chat, chit-chat, ain't got time for that Not one to dawdle, got, no time to coddle you, no time to coddle you