White Elephant

2 days ago by @stewdean

White Elephant

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Liner Notes

You are left with a country estate without warning from a relative you partly knew. How would you feel?

This song is about being left a white elephant on an epic scale.

This started as an improvised session on a piano over 100 years old and was recorded onto my iPhone. I edited it into the track and structure, then added a second piano and some cello. The vocal is an AI replacement for my original singing. No AI was used to write this song.

#piano #alternative #indie

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
What did I do
To earn this trust?
Endless corridors,
The silence of dust.

The weight of the gift,
Your experiment,
A creature untaimable,
A white elephant.

[pre chorus]
Does the king of Siam
Know who I am?

[Chorus]
A picture of a woman on the brink,
Cigars I can not smoke, Whisky I won't drink,
A vast fading garden, I can't revive,
I have no army, to keep this alive.

[Verse 2]
I'm responsible
In a legal haze,
I keep one room warm,
Hidden in this maze,

And the letters,
They Rain on the floor,
As I contemplate,
The crumbling decor

[pre chorus]
Does the king of Siam
Know who I am?

[Chorus]
A picture of a woman on the brink,
Cigars I can not smoke, Whisky I won't drink,
A vast fading garden I can't revive,
I have no army to keep this alive.

[Bridge]
Am I the master? Am I a lord?
What luxury can I afford?
I lived a quiet life, humble and poor.
And now old money comes knocking on my door.

[Chorus]
A picture of a woman on the brink,
Cigars I can not smoke, Whisky I won't drink,
A vast fading garden I can't revive,
I have no army to keep this alive.

A picture of a woman on the brink,
Cigars I can not smoke, Whisky I won't drink,
A vast fading garden I can't revive,
I have no army to keep this alive.

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