Periodic Table of Elephants
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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