Elephants<\/a><\/p>\nIf the elephants have past lives yet are destined to always remember
\nIt’s no wonder how they scream
\nLike you and I they must have some temper<\/p>\n
And I am dreaming of them on the plains
\nDirtying up their beds
\nWatching for some sign of rain to cool their hot heads<\/p>\n
And how dare you send me that card when I am doing all that I can do
\nYou are forcing me to remember when all I want is to just forget you<\/p>\n
If the tiger shall protect her young then tell me how did you slip by
\nAll my instincts have failed me for once
\nI must have somehow slept the whole night<\/p>\n
And I am dreaming of them with their kill
\nTearing it all apart
\nBlood dripping from their lips and teeth sinking into heart<\/p>\n
And how dare that you say you’ll call
\nWhen you know I need some peace of mind
\nIf you have to take sides with the animals
\nWon’t you do it with one who is kind<\/p>\n
And if the hawks in the trees need the dead
\nIf you’re living you don’t stand a chance
\nFor a time though you share the same bed
\nThere are only two ends to this dance<\/p>\n
You can flee with your wounds just in time or lie there as he feeds
\nWatching yourself ripped to shreds and laughing as you bleed<\/p>\n
So for those of you falling in love keep it kind
\nKeep it good
\nKeep it right
\nThrow yourself in the midst of danger but keep one eye open at night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I bought this album from Rachael Yamagata off iTunes – it really is unabashedly tragic and perfect. Elephants If the elephants have past lives yet are destined to always remember It’s no wonder how they scream Like you and I they must have some temper And I am dreaming of them on the plains Dirtying up their beds Watching for some sign of rain to cool their hot heads And how dare you send me… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kHSD-Yq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}