Perfect Circle, A - Eat The Elephant Lyrics






Looming, omnipresent
This task ahead
This task at hand
Ominous and daunting
Crippling undertaking, I'm frozen

Where to begin eludes me
Without you to remind me

Just take the step
Just take the swing
Just take the bite
Just go all in

Where to begin eludes me
Rooting ever deeper
This massive endeavor
Ominous and daunting
Crippling undertaking

Just take the step
Just take the swing
Just take the bite
Just go all in

Take the step
Take the swing
Take the bite
Just take the bite

Take the step
Take the swing
Take the bite
Just go all in

Where to begin eludes me
Without you to remind me
Just begin





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  1. S.... A....

    I'm BACK!

  2. L.... ....

    This is one of the greatest produced songs known to the world. Im so glad I wrote it but I did not make the instrumentation and production of it...... thank you so much... I wrote it because they stole so much art materials from me, wondering if and when if I will ever get paid for it all. It really showed me all that I can be and when one person takes your chance from you, you are left to be bringing nothing... I dont have a life because most of my lyrics were for myself... since Perfect Circle and a few other artists sounded so good, I saw that it fit them so I wrote them more songs without charge... I should be owed... I am in need... God Help me someone who understands my lyrics. I give all credit to whom it is due... to each artist and singer... and the producers... for using my lyrics... thank you. Much respect from me. I would like to get noticed because I can keep journaling for so many bands... 318 bands to be exact.... I wrote 7500 songs and more than 350 movies... Im not joking.... get at me serious inquiries only Scott Lee Dryxsil Grossman on facebook. Thank you to all

  3. D.... B....

    The same song writer of this song wrote this song too... among his thousands... I am tears because you all did a massive beautiful job... I love you guys please reach out to me Scott Lee Dryxsil Grossman on facebook. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JugGmkvhsKQ&list=TLPQMjQxMjIwMTlUfGzsGb0oqA&index=1

  4. N.... N....

    And sometimes I don't cry

  5. D.... E....

    Sorry Maynard,
    stay depressed and show me the beauty of my own darkness!

  6. R.... D....

    Told you tom

  7. I.... O....

    They should have released this album in the fall. Both falls since it's been out I've been unable to resist being drawn into every song.

  8. S.... J....

    It’s such an amazing song and even more amazing live!

  9. C.... T....

    Their last album was released 14 years ago and you expect the same album? I guess you will all be the exact same person at 40 as 54

  10. m.... a....

    i'm fucked up ah

  11. D.... M....

    Shame when the frog stuck in your throat becomes an elephant and asphyxiates you

    D.... M....

    Lost a marriage that way, didn't realize an opportunity. ALWAYS speak up.

  12. D.... M....

    We all lose them one day, I am prepared to speak my peace, but I cant guarantee I'll be around much longer after that.

  13. A.... S....

    bellisimo

  14. A.... A....

    Co-written with Chester Benningnton

  15. A.... B....

    I wish the majority of Maynard fans would look at the true message behind Maynards lyrics. Stop sitting in self loathing pity. Step up and don’t compromise with your future anymore. Take the jump and do something incredible. Take on the challenge.

  16. M.... M....

    Que preciosidad.

  17. J.... S....

    I like how his face is backwards patriotic. and his hands.

  18. V.... B....

    Cuando escucho esta canción un escalofrío recorre todo mí cuerpo
    Me encanta

  19. S.... C....

    What a snooze fest.....

  20. R.... T....

    For all the political elephant eaters, I hope they all go and get Ebola right in their arsehole

  21. P.... W....

    lovin it more!

  22. a.... c....

    GREAT BAND!! GREAT SONG!! GREAT MESSAGE!!! #1 FAN!!!

  23. C.... W....

    I always skipped this song when listening to the album, shame on me. It's now my favorite song on it.

    C.... W....

    I love it

  24. H.... H....

    Still love this, the drums really make it cooler with all those ghost notes

  25. A.... A....

    This song saved me.


    On a 12 hour flight from Cairo to Toronto, there was this baby that wouldnt stop crying. i put this song on repeat and fell asleep for 6 hours. i just zoned out to it, the smoothness of Maynard's voice and the calm music. This song became my go-to-song in flights if i want to sleep.

  26. P.... B....

    Im over it... I can not be consoled.. no possible way to be talked into feeling good or okay... a hug that stays far away... that's what its like.. an insult to my life of disturbances... an echo of hope that never was and never will be . A plague of specters and wraiths... like spitying boiling oil on the bruise on inside of my elbow ... a broken kneck comatose concussed .. cut up with a kitchen knife and punched in the butthole and balls...

  27. G.... M....

    Hell awaits you.

  28. P.... P....

    This is their best song.. Or the noose

  29. M.... ....

    Am I the only one who hates the album but loves this song?

  30. J.... B....

    better than the new tool haha

    J.... B....

    BOOOOOOO!

  31. D.... M....

    every time i listen it becomes even more awsome makes my skin crawl and touches my soul so deep !!

  32. D.... h....

    Fuckin amazing album. Thank u .

  33. E.... ....

    This song is so beautiful and so sad.

  34. B.... S....

    Maynard>Marilyn Manson

  35. n.... c....

    This was sooo beautiful 😀❤️ Thank you so much ❤️🙏😍😘

  36. H.... G....

    Just listened to the 1st song dropped by the Tool album, and it reminds me of this… his voice is too high..and not reminiscent of anything I've ever known by Maynard James Keenan.. And I will say I've been a fan of his since his 1st tool album to anything he's done with a perfect circle or pusifer

  37. F.... H....

    I like his voice, it's Very unique. Not many rock/metal singers that can sing so soft and smooth.

  38. P.... ....

    This lyrics of this song refers to the making of Tool's latest album.

  39. J.... L....

    This song calls out to my soul

  40. K.... ....

    In the beginning of this video, listening to the lyrics, im picturing myself or maybe a younger me staring at a pile of dirty dishes. Its a twisted kind of humor. but that feeling of " where to begin?" "Wow this is too much"- that resonates with me so deeply. This song feels like i could have written it. Of course . i didn't. But I bet many of us have this struggle in everything we do in life.

    All the world is yours to keep.
    All you have to do is walk with me.

  41. f.... ....

    People having extremely hard times at understanding what musicians does. Musicians are people who likes to create art for theirselves and the other people to enjoy. Business mans with talent of being able to make music are creates musics for its fans to buy. So for guaranteeing their money sources they don't change their art. If you see a band changes it's style you can see that the band is making music for joy, not money.

  42. L.... R....

    This song helps me cope with suicidal thoughts.

  43. T.... A....

    This song is beautiful

  44. C.... J....

    So soothing, definitely a turnaround from The Outsider

  45. I.... I....

    I can't play piano, but songs like this one make me want to learn. This and "So Long and Thanks For All the Fish" are my two favorite from this album.

  46. f.... ....

    I only listen to this for Maynard being a huge Tool Fan. Just like Tool this took 5 to 10 listens before I started liking it.

  47. A.... N....

    Does anybody knows if there is any song with the same piano interlude that sounds like this one? I keep trying to remember it from a movie or something like that

  48. h.... ....

    This man is a genius

  49. C.... N....

    Anybody else like the drums in this song? I’m mesmerized.

    C.... N....

    This drumming in this is above on point. It carries the entire song along like it's got grease on its tracks

  50. H.... ....

    After several run throughs of this latest APC album, it does have a continuity in itself and feels...like a given iteration or nuance of APC's sound. My favorite track is By and Down.

  51. s.... k....

    Jedna z lepszych nut 2018 roku
    🇵🇱

  52. i.... ....

    So glad I have the music tastes l do 🙏

  53. M.... C....

    This song will eternally remind me of you. You know who you are and you know why. You love me so deeply and some day in another time I'll take you with me.

  54. B.... L....

    Give it up Guys, it's not working, I'm disappointed and disgusted with this album

  55. E.... V....

    ? WTF ? I need a hit of "X"

  56. M.... C....

    Red or Blue doesn't matter if Maynards feeding you. Your loved.

  57. A.... T....

    This task ahead... just take the stab, take the swing, take the bite, just go all in

  58. c.... w....

    Anyone else think they should have just left the drum track out of this? I'm a drummer myself and it's good but just doesnt seem fitting

  59. S.... L....

    Just begin. <3

  60. H.... P....

    love you maynard. hope you're reading this.

  61. C.... H....

    Gotta eat them Repubs. one bite at a time. Dems. gotta eat to. Commercial or Farmed raised. Or can we get it all in a Liquid Gel cap. Who knows? The choice is yours. 🚮♻️📴Reduce, Recycle, Reuse and Resist! LOVE beats the Deamon.

  62. J.... U....

    Sur cette album, ils osent beaucoup, j'aime beaucoup!

  63. C.... C....

    It's been a year since release. Is anyone still into this album?

    C.... C....

    Me ears are hearing this song for the very first time. Liking this quite literally as I feel I have missed a lot of the lyrics and melodies that God has put into their heads and they have shared with us humans.

    C.... C....

    Sure, yeah. I attach to this more than the new Tool album. ETE talks to me dearly.

    C.... C....

    For sure. Steady listen for me at least. Fantastic album

  64. T.... ....

    Drums are 50% of this song. Amazing...

  65. P.... C....

    Nothing against the album but it just doesn't touch me the way older albums do. This is coming from a fan who played Mer De Noms, 13th Step and Emotive on repeat for years.

  66. R.... ....

    Please check out my review of this album if you have the chance :)
    https://robbies.music.blog/2019/04/17/eat-the-elephant-a-perfect-circle/

  67. S.... R....

    Wonderfull... and listen this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUzPJ1q5r1g

  68. P.... T....

    This album is a sleeping giant, and I'm just making this comment so I can show my grandchildren I knew that, someday.

    P.... T....

    EXACTLY.... the haters out there over this beauty WTH ?
    ......I go on record that
    I ALWAYS knew
    THIS RECORD was BEAUTIFUL!

  69. J.... J....

    I ate the elephant 🐘 ‘-‘ shit....

  70. T.... N....

    So peaceful...

  71. S.... B....

    When Maynard starts his soothing voice..with amazingly composed tune by APC, it's heaven! Thank you!

  72. J.... H....

    Unpopular opunion: this is my favorite APC album and one of my most revisited of 2018

  73. n.... g....

    YEEEESSS, I LOVE IT ,,

  74. O.... D....

    My dad loves this song!

  75. c.... b....

    i know this is APC but it makes me wonder how his new vocals are going to sound when the new TOOL album comes out the anticipation is hyping me out of my mind lmao.

  76. J.... S....

    Imo, 1 of the top 3 best APC songs ever. Beautiful, haunting, nostalgic, necessary, sexy.

  77. M.... I....

    Didn’t like this song till I heard it live. It’s actually a really beautiful song and I guess my ignorant self just wasn’t listening to what I was hearing.

  78. S.... *....

    1,371 repeat.....and it's getting better everytime :)

  79. D.... S....

    its like the killer n the star mixed with anyman in america by blue october.which is nice

  80. M.... R....

    thanks guys, i enjoy the new stuff..

  81. K.... P....

    Elephant shoe guys <3

  82. D.... K....

    Old habits are deeply rooted within me

  83. A.... R....

    Probably the Greatest Album Ever!!!!!

  84. m.... ....

    Something happened to me and I was listening to this album at the same time.

  85. D.... W....

    Reminds me of what tool accomplished. Deviation from the early music they created and may take some patience, but like lateralus proved, multiple listens do it true justice. This album speaks to me as an adult, but also as a child at the same time. Seems like anything MJK puts out that takes a minute to understand, seems to be my favorite. So glad they made another album!

  86. x.... ....

    The cover looks like an 8th grade multimedia project -_-

  87. 1.... O....

    Elephant in the room reporting for duty meow

  88. R.... J....

    Da fuk?

  89. M.... W....

    Seriously love this song.

  90. J.... R....

    This album has a Puscifer type feel to it and only five good songs I think Maynard is just getting lazy

  91. S.... ....

    That piano is so haunting, the silence between the notes is crippling, it keeps you hanging on to every breath.

  92. W.... F....

    Não gostei, parece BUSH - Letting the Cables Sleep!

  93. B.... S....

    Terry McGhee I totally agree, you nailed it. This is exactly what happened to me. This album is fucking amazing.

  94. s.... ....

    mjk's voice, take me away

  95. t.... ....

    wtf is this sh*t /smh

  96. J.... R....

    Amazing album !! Just saw them live at the Fox Theater and I still months later am shocked by how incredible it was.

  97. C.... T....

    This album is gold. Say what you want. It saved my life again.

  98. M.... R....

    Watching this live in Wembley....They opened with this,It was ....Rather Amazing !!.

  99. A.... M....

    The first eight songs are addressing what's wrong with the world in the last four or three is addressing how to fix it I tell you right now this is the best concert I've ever seen I cannot be more pleased it's like we were watching them lip syncing to the album LOL we were right by the stage! I just seen him November 9th and I would go tonight and see them again if at all possible! It seems slow the first few times you hear it I was worried about that too for the concert but that was not an issue let me tell you it it just blew me away and now that I know other words it's amazing it's just getting to you know his level hard for us regular people LOL

  100. C.... m....

    Trying too hard to be like fugazi smh. They perfected abstract music in the 80's. listen to "The argument" and "13 songs" albums then come back to this.