Elephants Never Forget
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"Elephants Never Forget" is a song by British progressive metal band Haken. It is the eighth track on the band's 2023 album Fauna.
At just over 11 minutes, it is the longest song on Fauna. Basis
The song draws heavily from the life of Joseph Merrick, a Victorian man famous for his
deformities, and more well known by his alias as "The Elephant Man". However, according to Charlie Griffiths, the song is not directly about Merrick.
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Lyrics
"Elephants Never Forget" lyrics [Click here]
Take a little look behind the curtain
If you dare
If you are certain?
Gaze up a perversion
Cross my palm
A penny will buy you a soul
Pain, the only thing it feels
Bury your shame
We are all friends here
Ladies and not so gentlemen
A specimen so disturbing
Behold our beast of burden!
I remember, I remember another way
I remember, I remember a better day
I remember, I remember another way
I remember, long before humanity
Must've disappointed it's father
Does it have an elephant mother?
Should we take it over to the gallows?
Why's it hiding in the shadows?
He, hidden by a veil of misery
Woven by a thousand threads of ire
Forced to live a life of
Secrecy in abnormality
If I should fail in pleasing you
Could I create myself anew?
Would I be measured by my soul?
Could I be treasured in your home?
Take me
I remember, I remember another way
I remember, I remember a better day
I remember, I remember another way
I remember, long before humanity
I feel something inside of me
The noble beast of dignity
The see the symbol in my hand
Leviathan of Doggerland
Tell me who I am
Pull me from the sand
Help me understand
Take my hand
Maketh me lie down beside the water's edge
Leadeth me through paths of righteousness
Thou art with me, thy rod and staff comfort me
In the presence of my enemies
Heavy I drag my footsteps
Jackals prowl a dog-draped, could Whitechapel
Mammoth ghosts tusk my demons
Ancient soldiers stand in apparition
Behind the curtain in the corner of the room
Pathetic specimen you cower in the gloom
I, hidden by a veil of dignity
Woven by a thousand threads of ire
I choose to live a life of
Secrecy in my ascendancy
If I should fail in pleasing you
Could I create myself anew?
Would I be measured by my soul?
Could I be treasured in your home?
Take me
I remember, I remember another way
I remember, I remember a better day
I remember, I remember another way
I remember, long before humanity
I never will forget you
Personnel
Haken
- Ross Jennings - vocals
- Richard Henshall - guitars, keyboards
- Charlie Griffiths - guitars
- Peter Jones - keyboards
- Conner Green - bass
- Raymond Hearne - drums
Trivia
- "Elephants Never Forget" is the longest full song by the band since 2018's Vector.
- The song draws directly from Joseph Merrick's poetry, in which he states: "Could I create myself anew I would not fail in pleasing you."
Links
"Elephants Never Forget" lyrics [Click here]
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Take a little look behind the curtain If you dare If you are certain? Gaze up a perversion Cross my palm A penny will buy you a soul Pain, the only thing it feels Bury your shame We are all friends here Ladies and not so gentlemen A specimen so disturbing Behold our beast of burden! I remember, I remember another way I remember, I remember a better day I remember, I remember another way I remember, long before humanity Must've disappointed it's father Does it have an elephant mother? Should we take it over to the gallows? Why's it hiding in the shadows? He, hidden by a veil of misery Woven by a thousand threads of ire Forced to live a life of Secrecy in abnormality If I should fail in pleasing you Could I create myself anew? Would I be measured by my soul? Could I be treasured in your home? Take me I remember, I remember another way I remember, I remember a better day I remember, I remember another way I remember, long before humanity I feel something inside of me The noble beast of dignity The see the symbol in my hand Leviathan of Doggerland Tell me who I am Pull me from the sand Help me understand Take my hand Maketh me lie down beside the water's edge Leadeth me through paths of righteousness Thou art with me, thy rod and staff comfort me In the presence of my enemies Heavy I drag my footsteps Jackals prowl a dog-draped, could Whitechapel Mammoth ghosts tusk my demons Ancient soldiers stand in apparition Behind the curtain in the corner of the room Pathetic specimen you cower in the gloom I, hidden by a veil of dignity Woven by a thousand threads of ire I choose to live a life of Secrecy in my ascendancy If I should fail in pleasing you Could I create myself anew? Would I be measured by my soul? Could I be treasured in your home? Take me I remember, I remember another way I remember, I remember a better day I remember, I remember another way I remember, long before humanity I never will forget you |
- Ross Jennings - vocals
- Richard Henshall - guitars, keyboards
- Charlie Griffiths - guitars
- Peter Jones - keyboards
- Conner Green - bass
- Raymond Hearne - drums