Elephant In The Room

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Elephants can fly in purgatory

Though I don’t know why

That’s just the way this nightmare goes

Sure enough you called my bluff

Now spiders crawl upside the junk

That you left behind and I can’t find my sanity

Jackals are watching me, my every move

Though I see a lazy sky

The dawn is looking blue

Sure to hell I smell the smell

You know me all too well

Like it would even matter that leaving me just leaves me flattered

And I’m sinking inside of this empty house

Chasing hallucinations and a gimpy mouse

Every step I take I feel the misery

I will name him little memory

Something more than what you left for me

Danger is as careful as danger allows

Though purgatory darkens

With every twist and turn

Damn it all you found me

Standing in the corner

Where everything you ever loved is standing there beside me

And I’m sinking inside of this empty house

Chasing hallucinations and a gimpy mouse

Every step I take I feel the misery

I will name him little memory

Something more than what you left for me

Running down a hallway that keeps warping at my feet

I know it isn’t real

I know that I am still asleep

Trying every doorknob that is locked inside itself

I know it isn’t real

It’s just a vision of my future

Damn it to hell when I can tell

That you know me all too well

Like it would even matter that leaving me just leaves me flattered

And I’m sinking inside of this empty house

Chasing hallucinations and a gimpy mouse

Every step I take I feel the misery

I will name him little memory

Something more than what you left for me

Elephants can fly in hell

Stumble

STUMBLE - Written by Carroll Bryant 

I keep myself a low profile

Hide my eyes behind silent sighs

Thinking about the past

And all the girls who have come and gone

I try to discard reasons

Why you and I are so desperate

Knowing how you still feel

And all the while time is passing by

Your memory never fades away

And I stumble out of my mind

And stumble in your life again

It seems to happen all of the time

We just can’t lose

We just can’t win

And I stumble out of my head

And stumble into your arms and then

I see all the words you ever said

Until you say goodbye again

That’s just typical you

It’s so un-cool

Because I’m always stumbling out and stumbling in

I drink Martini’s in the morning

Close my thoughts and lock the doors

Feeling like a used tool

From all the times I never saw the signs

You make things so much harder

It’s difficult to fight this war

Knowing I’m going to lose

And all the while this fires burns

The misery flickers like a flame

And I stumble out of my mind

And stumble in your life again

It seems to happen all of the time

We just can’t lose

We just can’t win

And I stumble out of my head

And stumble into your arms and then

I see all the words you ever said

Until you say goodbye again

That’s just typical you

It’s so un-cool

Because I’m always stumbling out and stumbling in

Could you just please just give back my heart?

Or stop tearing it all apart

Could you please just give me a break?

Or stop giving me what you always take

Everything you give you throw away

I keep myself a low profile

Hide my eyes behind silent sighs

Thinking about the past

And all the girls who have come and gone

You come again and then you’re gone my friend

And I stumble out of my mind

And stumble in your life again

It seems to happen all of the time

We just can’t lose

We just can’t win

And I stumble out of my head

And stumble into your arms and then

I see all the words you ever said

Until you say goodbye again

That’s just typical you

It’s so un-cool

Because I’m always stumbling out and stumbling in

And I stumble out of my mind

And stumble in your life again

It seems to happen all of the time

We just can’t lose

We just can’t win

And I stumble out of my head

And stumble into your arms and then

I see all the words you ever said

Until you say goodbye again

That’s just typical you

It’s so un-cool

Because I’m always stumbling out and stumbling in

I Should Have Kissed You

I SHOULD HAVE KISSED YOU - Written by Carroll 

They say it’s a feeling

And soon it will go away

There’s nothing to compare it to

So I’m left with remnants of the day

It was your birthday

And somehow

I managed to take a bite of your heart

It was your birthday

And somehow

It ended way before it could start

I let you down

This I know

Now I am paying the price

What comes around

Goes around they claim

And it’s scaring me to know that they’re right

How could I have let you walk away?

What kind of fool am I?

I should have kissed you

And held you

Deep into the burning night

I should have told you I loved you

Instead of picking yet another fight

I lose control when I’m with you

My passion boils hotter than coals

I'm a lost soul and this is true

That’s not an excuse and I know

But hear me out for one more time

I’ll tell you all that’s on my mind

First things first and you will find

I should have just kissed you tonight

It’s so revealing

These emotions I wear on my sleeve

I keep on stealing and stealing

Dreams you fought so hard to believe

It was your birthday

And somehow

I was able to put it aside

It was your birthday

And somehow

It ended with you horrified

I am the clown

This I know

Now I am beginning to see

That up is down

And what I found in you

Is beginning to slip away from me

How could I have let you leave like that?

Do idiots grow on trees?

I should have kissed you

And held you

Deep into the burning night

I should have told you I loved you

Instead of picking yet another fight

I lose control when I’m with you

My passion boils hotter than coals

I'm a lost soul and this is true

That’s not an excuse and I know

But hear me out for one more time

I’ll tell you all that’s on my mind

First things first and you will find

I should have just kissed you tonight

This merry-go-round keeps on spinning

Gravity won’t let it stop

You keep on telling me everything you mean to me

I’m everything you think that I’m not

I let you down

This I know

Now I am paying the price

What comes around

Goes around they claim

And it’s scaring me to know that they’re right

How could I have let you walk away?

What kind of fool am I?

It was your birthday

And I let you walk away

It was your birthday

I should have kissed you

And held you

Deep into the burning night

I should have told you I loved you

Instead of picking yet another fight

I lose control when I’m with you

My passion boils hotter than coals

I'm a lost soul and this is true

That’s not an excuse and I know

But hear me out for one more time

I’ll tell you all that’s on my mind

First things first and you will find

I should have just kissed you tonight

But hear me out if you don’t mind

I’ll tell you now because it’s time

First things first, I am so blind

I should have just kissed you tonight