Periodic Table of Elephants

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PLUTONIUM, URANIUM AND LEAD
THORIUM, MERCURY AND DREAD
THE WORLD IS FALLING APART
ATOM BY ATOM
NOTHING WILL LAST 
WHICH IS WHY WE YEARN 
FOR A PERMANENT HOME
ONE THAT WON'T WEAR AWAY

I HAD A DREAM 
THAT HAUNTS MY SOUL
IN IT, I HEAR A VOICE
SING A WONDERFUL MELODY
THE NOTES STOPPED THE
PASSAGE OF TIME AND
FILLED MY HEART WITH ACHING
I WAS TRANSFIXED BY THE SOUND
IT WASHED OVER ME
IN WAVE AFTER WAVE
OF HEALING BEAUTY
ALL TOO SOON
THE DREAM ENDED
AND I AWOKE
YET RATHER THAN FADING
INTO THE ROOM 
I REMEMBERED EVERY WORD
THAT HAD BEEN SUNG

A BROOD OF VIPERS
HATCHED BENEATH THE GROUND
THEY SLITHERED OUT
INTO A FIELD OF SHEEP
THEY TALKED TOGETHER
TO CREATE A PLAN
IF THEY KILLED THE WHOLE FLOCK
THEY'D STARVE
IF THEY TRIED TO 
PICK OFF A FEW 
THE FLOCK MIGHT TRAMPLE THEM
THEY DECIDED TO 
COW THE SHEEP WITH 
THE THREAT OF THEIR VENOM 
AND DEMAND THE SHEEP
PAY TRIBUTE WITH 
A FEW LAMBS
THE FLOCK COULD SURVIVE
AND THE SNAKES COULD 
RULE IN HATE 

A STONE GIANT TORE 
THE ROOF OFF OF A CAVE
TO SATISFY THE TRIPLE BRAID
STARS OF IRON FELL BURNING
INTO THE CLAY EARTH 
THEY DON'T MESH 

HOUNDS BAY IN THE DISTANCE
A TAN JACKRABBIT
JUMPS INTO MISTY BRAMBLE
TO TRY AND THROW 
OFF THEIR SCENT 
AMID REAL OAK AND 
FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL

IF TRUTH CAN SHAME POWER 
A VAST, BALD-FACED LIE 
EMBOLDENS IT 
IF HUMBLED WITH NO HOARD
IT'S...IT'S PRETTY 
BUT A WARCHEST BUYS A TYRANT

EDEN, WRY EDEN
ANGRY RED BLADES
GUARD ANY RETURN 
WE'RE ALL FED VEIN-BRED JUJU
DAMNED TO TOIL FOR
SMALL-TIME PAIN RACKETS
POWER-MAD, UPSET IDOLS 
DEMAND PRAISE ON 
THRONES OF SCORN 

ANY EPHAH THAT IS 
USED IN THE HARVEST
CANNOT LEAK WHEAT
DUO-END NEED 
NOTES OUR MORTALITY 
DEATH-TWINED HELIX 

EAT, FAMISH
THEM, US
HOPE, FEAR
LIFE IS CONTRASTS
SHARING A GRAY LIMO

PINE BOLES REVEAL
A TREE'S AGE 
AMID SAWDUST AND SPLINTERS
A FAIR BOSS WANTS CRAFTSMEN
BUT A PYRAMID SCHEME 
NEEDS DUDS 
DEAD-EYED
DEVOID OF DREAMS
DOWNCAST
MANY TIRED HANDS PUSH 
THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRY
THEIR NOBLE CAUSE? 
THIRD QUARTER PROFITS
AND EXECUTIVE BONUSES

CAN THAT WHICH IS SHATTERED 
EVER BE MADE WHOLE? 
TO REASSEMBLE THE SHARDS
LEAVES IT WITH CRACKS 
AND IMPERFECTIONS 
BETTER TO REFORM THE
VESSEL IF ALREADY CAST
ONLY THE FIRE REMAINS 
TO PURIFY WITH FERVENT HEAT

A CASTLE ON THE HILLTOP
GLEAMS IN THE DISTANCE 
IN ALABASTER GLORY 
TRUMPETS RING OUT 
FROM ITS BATTLEMENTS 
BANNERS FLUTTER IN THE BREEZE
A PRINCE RIDES FORTH 
FROM ITS GOLDEN GATES 
ASTRIDE A WHITE CHARGER
BESIDE THE PRINCE
ON A CHESTNUT MARE
RIDES THE PRINCESS 
SHE BEAMS AT THE PRINCE
WHO GAZES BACK WITH
TENDER AFFECTION 
CHEERS RAIN DOWN
AS THE ROYAL COUPLE 
GALLOPS TOWARD THE HORIZON 

EARTH, AIR
FIRE, WATER
BIRTH, CARE
HIGHER ALTAR
A DAY BECOMES A 
MILLENIUM TO 
THOSE WAITING TO 
CROSS JORDAN 
ITS STEEP BANKS 
PREVENT TURNING BACK
INSTEAD, ONE WAITS 
AND PONDERS THE WATERS



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Subtext: WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SHOUT AND PRAISE, THE LORD SUDDENLY ATTACKED THE AMMONITES, MOABITES, AND MEN FROM MOUNT SEIR WHO WERE INVADING JUDAH, AND THEY WERE DEFEATED. (2 Chronicles 20:22 NET)



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