[Verse 1]
You were right
Now we've got good reason to worry
Money made your eyesight all blurry
Now we’re making this a pacifist recalcitrant poses
Can’t you see how dangerous the one you chose is
[Chorus]
Can’t you see how dangerous?
You’re too content to make a fuss
Can’t you see how dangerous
You’re too dangerous
And it brings us back to might makes right
[Verse 2]
So we learn from wars of the roses
The pain is only fear leaving your toeses
So you’re making haste to spite your face to cut off your noses
You convince yourself and others these fists smell like roses
[Chorus]
Can’t you see how dangerous?
When you’re too content to make a fuss
Can’t you see how dangerous?
Do you see how dangerous?
[Bridge]
Squint your eyes and see elephants, sycophants, elephants
Squint your eyes and see elephants, sycophants, elephants
Squint your eyes and see red-faced rants, pleated pants, and sycophants
Squint your eyes and see
Squint your eyes and see
Oh, can’t you see how dangerous?
And it might come down to fight or flight
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Can’t you see how dangerous?
You’re too content to make the fuss
Can’t you see how dangerous?
Can’t you see how dangerous?
[Outro]
Squint your eyes and see elephants, sycophants, elephants
Squint your eyes and see elephants, sycophants, elephants
Squint your eyes and see red-faced rants, pleated pants
Sycophants, elephants
Squint your eyes and see
Squint your eyes and see
Can’t you see how dangerous?
And it brings us back might makes right
Sic of Elephants (Live) was written by Andrew Bird.
Andrew Bird released Sic of Elephants (Live) on Thu Oct 27 2016.
Andrew Bird explained the song’s origins in a statement:
I wrote “Sic of Elephants” on election night in 2004 when Bush was re-elected. I went to sleep in the blinking red state of Ohio and when I woke up it was solid red. The song’s about people’s capacity to convince themselves that something so...
A sycophant is an “insincere flatterer” or “yes-man” – a person who acts obediently towards someone important in order to gain advantage. Sycophants are often portrayed as being parasites.