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An Elephant

by Fishboy

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Trumoo84
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Trumoo84 I love Fishboy's vocals and the very simple but intricate instrumentals. It has a very similar aesthetic to Bob's Burgers (I think that for all his music). I highly recommend, cause there's really no one like Fishboy Favorite track: Totes Part 1.
Wild Baby Records
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Wild Baby Records This album melts faces.
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veraaaaa a very awesome concept album full of pop-punk heart and soul! Favorite track: Elephant in the Room.
Scott Marks
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Scott Marks Fishboy tackles the murderous Edison with his signature style. Love it Favorite track: Elephant in the Room.
Arthur
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Arthur Once again, Eric Michener takes the rock opera concept album to beautiful new heights. Never has attempted senicide been so wonderful. Favorite track: I'm a Ghost.
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I love everything about this album! It's a crazy concept executed to perfection! The songs are incredibly original but constantly stuck in my head! 10/10 absolutely recommend! Favorite track: Totes Part 1.
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    12" Vinyl- Choice of yellow, brown or black while quantities last. Comes with 160 page PDF comic and lyrics.

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    One of a kind hand painted topsy in a simple chipboard sleeve. All are unique one of a kind pieces of art.

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    this 160 page 5.5" mini comic tells the story of the album + CD in a paper sleeve (the book is the artwork!)

    The story is told with no dialog and is broken up into a chapter per song making it possible to read along (slowly) as you listen!

    Also! the pattern from the book matches up with the pattern from the LP, when you lay one on top of the other, the ghost magically appears!

    book comes with mp3s and PDF to read while you wait for your copy.

    Includes unlimited streaming of An Elephant via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • this 160 page 5.5" mini comic tells the story of the album.

    The Story:

    Based on the horrific true events of 1903 in which Thomas Edison publicly electrocuted Topsy the elephant, the album tells the story of how the ghost of Topsy attempts to avenge her death and pass into the afterlife.

    The story is told with no dialog and is broken up into a chapter per song making it possible to read along (slowly) as you listen!

    Also! the pattern from the book matches up with the pattern from the LP, when you lay one on top of the other, the ghost magically appears!

    book comes with mp3s and PDF to read while you wait for your copy.
    ... more
    ships out within 7 days

      $15 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    The album comes with a 160 page comic book + hand written lyrics PDF available with download or for sale as a square 5.5" limited run physical copy.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $9 USD  or more

     

1.
Edison’s electrical elephant finds it hard to understand the experiment what exactly are they tryin to do? what exactly are they tryin to prove? perplexing as the pachyderm harassment passes points of only being embarrassment the outcome of the testing is clear, the end of her life is near “she's too dumb to know too dumb to care, too dumb to know too dumb to care” but the underestimated intelligence of this five hundred pound living filament sparked an afterlife agenda that day, to haunt Edison to his grave now Edison's electrical elephant paranormally displays diligence giving Edison the scare of his life, singing the same song every night “I’ll haunt your nights, haunt your days, your dinner lunch breakfast. an elephant never forgets, oh an elephant never forgets” “I can remember fire, I can remember smoke. I can remember every single word you ever spoke every word you spoke” “I’ll haunt your nights, haunt your days, your dinner lunch breakfast. an elephant never forgets, oh an elephant never forgets” x4
2.
when you’re dead when your ghost leaves your head when your head leaves your body I'll be there I'll be lighter than air I'll be some how applauding lately by your grave I sit and wait waiting for that very special day, that you pass away when you die when the spark leaves your eye when your eye leaves your socket I'll be there I'll be lighter than air pulling pride from my pocket creeping in the evening while you sleep singing while you’re breathing in the deep hoping you decease Thomas Alva waiting...for your expiration… your final resignation...Thomas Alva waiting and while I wait I contemplate all the weeks and days all the time I've wasted worryin, when I could've been, with my elefriends having all the greatest times… were I alive, I wouldn’t kill any more time, I'd savor every single moment at least I'd try Thomas Alva waiting...for your expiration… your final resignation...Thomas Alva waiting x2
3.
Tell me Thomas can you hear for almost 30 somethin years I tried to blanket you in fear each night and day And yet you stubbornly insist I somehow simply don’t exist But in due time you won resist your final fate You won't resist your finale fate your final doom Both of which are coming soon Elephant in the room elephant in the room elephant in the room Elephant in the room elephant in the room elephant in the room You can't ignore the elephant in the room Do you believe the things you see Or do you tend to disagree When I say purgatorily I can’t escape The only way that I foresee That I can finally be set free Is to drag you kicking screaming Drag you kicking screaming to the grave Drag you kickin screaming to the tomb drag you there tomorrow afternoon Elephant in the room elephant in the room elephant in the room Elephant in the room elephant in the room elephant in the room You can’t ignore the elephant In the room you now lay dying, an entire lifetime trying Oh is now a lifetime ending Years and years I’ve waited for it Now I can’t believe it, I’ll finally receive it I can finally live an afterlife, after I watch you die Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room Elephant in the room All the time that I wasted All the years obliterated All the songs I could be singing All the joy I could bringing Oh and now that its over I can finally recover I can finally retire from the gloom Say goodbye to the elephant in the room Adios dear elephant in the room Goodbye to the elephant in the room
4.
When I was just a baby calf I’d always make my mother laugh By blowing bubbles in the bath Or imitating every tall giraffe In front of human beings And every now and then it seems They’d turn the focus back and me They’d poke and prod and proudly taunt and Tease me like I wouldn’t mind, it would hurt, I wouldn’t cry They didn’t know but didn’t try, to understand, to empathize My mother sat me down and she explained Bad days will come but they’ll always fade away When I was older then I knew, the rotten things a man can do And though I tried to curb my fears, they struck me down, erased my final Years and years have passed me by, a couple decades since I died I thought my resting place was tied to one who took away my little life And now, I’m finding out, theres nothing in the sky but only Clouds and sun and birds and air, not a shred of heaven any Where I’ll go I do not know, back to earth to maybe wait some more And when my time it ends, I’ll wear an everlasting grin I don’t know where to go but I do not want to stay Bad days will come but they’ll always fade away And maybe in a future time, children will repeat how I Lived longer past the day I died, sum it up inside a nursery Rhyme the end of every verse, sing until their throats are horse And when they finally lose their voice, scream until their tiny tonsils Burst in air, the atmosphere, you will find, find me there Trying hard to disappear, but never ever going any Where it ends I do not know, I do not have a way to go I do not have a resting home, I do not have a way that I can Say the words that haunt me to this day Bad days will come but they’ll always fade away My days are gone but I still can’t fade away
5.
Totes Part 1 03:40
totes. totally gross I can’t believe it totally broken and I’m finding out totally bogus emotion, aroma of toast burning, bones that are broken no only a ghost not even breathin stronger than most but I am weakened now glowing and floating in motion totally bloated with growing explosion don’t you even know, I would never hurt a soul but the one who dealt this blow is totally open to bone breaking motions the force of an ocean approaching toward your nose totes. totally closed totally open totally froze but I am heating now demotion by clone mechination compositing notes to your total destruction dont you even know I was born to rock and roll but to those who dealt this blow your alone in the zone of your own retribution totally open to mass execution devoted to coma inducing contusions the force of an ocean approaching towards your nose
6.
Totes Part 2 01:53
and I came back from the clouds, could not believe what I found a man inside my body, performing math equations on the boardwalk to a crowd, hundreds gathered round I was angry and sad, then someone tapped my back a tiny little man, we walked across the sand and we spoke at the tide.
7.
Dig a Grave 03:37
Awake dear friend no this isn’t the end no it’s not quiet beginning to start though I know you’ve been wronged well it will not be long till your problems are deep in the yard so bury all you carry and let by gone burdens go sink them in summery sand or wintery snow and you’re wondering why I am qualified how can I give a ghost such advice well I’ve been mistreated too treated too treated just like you, I wanted vengeance for all of my life but I came to conclusions my illusions were just that I dug down deep and threw the heap in the black but the stakes are raised so you dig a grave and you bury everything around and if you have your doubts let me spell it out let me make myself perfectly clean you’ve got to dig a hole and rest your soul and soon you will see what I mean but meanings may arrive at later times than we would like they’re not always obvious no and they’re not always nice and mistakes are made, every single day but we pick them up and put them down but the stakes are raised, so you’ll dig a grave and you bury everything around
8.
Bury My Body 03:14
when I was young I never talked to nobody when I was young I’d never go no where when I was young I didn’t have no problems no tribulation in the atmosphere they’re gonna bury me six feet under they’re gonna bury me six feet down they’re gonna bury me six feet under they’re gonna bury me six feet down they’re gonna bury my body six feet down and when I died I didn’t have a funeral although a hundred people gathered round no one gave me a proper burial a single shovel didn’t break the ground and decades later I have found the answer my mortal coil I have finally found I’ll make them bury me six feet under they’re gonna bury me six feet down they’re gonna bury my body six feet down
9.
I'm a Ghost 03:16
you have taken my face, now you gotta pay and I won’t hesitate again there are a number of ways, to put you in the grave but I will list my favorite ten hide a bomb in your sink I could poison your peanut stash put a bullet through your head, pump you full of lead gas you in your bed at night I could burn down your house, stop your heart with a mouse, and without any doubt you won’t see me around cause a ghost ain’t ever seen and this is the way that I brush my teeth: I don’t brush my teeth this is the way that I bend my knees: I don’t bend my knees I don’t have teeth and I don’t have knees, I don’t stand I float I’m a ghost, I’m a ghost, I’m a ghost I could poke through your eyes as you sleep late at night or an acid surprise it could be very nice it could be so very nice and this is the way that I take you down, here’s my final blow I’ll shock you till your on the ground and take the life you stole and forever you will know you lost to one that lost the most to a ghost, I’m a ghost, I’m a ghost and this is the way that I brush my teeth: I don’t brush my teeth this is the way that I bend my knees: I don’t even bend my knees I don’t have teeth and I don’t have knees, I don’t stand I float I’m a ghost, I’m a ghost, I’m a ghost
10.
Neverever 03:07
stand up, look down, breath in as you find out theres a part blood, part machine my old self on the floor asleep and its plugged into the outlet on the wall so there won’t be a struggle here at all all in, bend down, step back as you hear a sound its a wheezing breath that is running out and its causing me to have my doubts if I can’t take life that used to be my own then I’ll probably never ever ever go home so I’ll leave you sleeping on the floor alone and I’ll leave a blanket so you aren’t cold but I’ll probably never ever ever go never ever ever go home all this time and all this waiting I tried and tried but never faded I filled the room and totally lost it I dug my grave but buried no bodies but buried all my long lost grudges I bent my knees and wiped my smudges and realized letting go is really all thats left to this an elephant never forgets but an elephant it can forgive the life I’m taking is a life I don’t wanna live so I’ll leave you sleeping on the floor alone and I’ll grab a blanket so you aren’t cold but I’ll probably never ever ever go never ever ever go home
11.
As the gravity bends I prepare to ascend to the far great beyond floating away, floating away I am gone I lift off the ground, I don't know where I’m bound but I’m far better off floating away, floating away I am gone the moments the seconds the minutes compile the inches, the feet, the yards, the miles in a while my sorrows will be far gone the sirens they wail, they bid me farewell to the new rising dawn floating away, floating away I am gone its over, I’m frozen, locked in the light farewell to the darkness farewell to the night its brighter much brighter than the morning sun if this is truly the end I will never again sing a sorrowful song floating away, floating away I am gone
12.
Finale 04:07
I didn’t know what I was doin, I didn’t know if I could do it no all the wrinkles upon my body tell me its time for a grand finale they’re always on the, on the, money a single wrinkle is holdin steady, tells me we may not be ready but we can’t wait any longer and the time that got away is the time that won’t come back you can mourn your wasted days or you can live for the days that have not passed away quite yet I didn’t know what I was doin, I didn’t know if I could do it no and everything that I had gathered, in the end it didn’t matter, no and the time that slipped away is the time you wont get back you can mourn your wasted days or you can live for the days that have not passed away quite yet
13.
when you’re alone you’re not the only the one around it’s just a feeling that you’re having you can’t tell youre up from down and in a moment you will look and you’ll realize that you have found when you’re alone you’re not the only one around when you’re in bed and oh you wake up in the morn and you can’t hear a single person you can’t hear a single word you room it hasn’t been transported to a far off distant world when you’re in bed and oh you wake up in the morn when you’re alone you’re not the only the one around it’s just a feeling that you’re having we all feel it then and now and in a moment you will look and you’ll realize that you have found you’re only lonely not the only one around when you’re alone you’re not the only one around

about

The album comes with a 160 page comic book + hand written lyrics PDF available with download or for sale as a square 5.5" limited run physical copy.

The Story:

Based on the horrific true events of 1903 in which Thomas Edison publicly electrocuted Topsy the elephant, the album tells the story of how the ghost of Topsy attempts to avenge her death and pass into the afterlife.

The story is told with no dialog and is broken up into a chapter per song making it possible to read along (slowly) as you listen!

credits

released October 1, 2014

An Elephant was recorded in February of 2014 by Matthew Barnhart at the Echolab in Argyle, TX


Eric Michener - Guitar, Vocals, and other small parts

Scarlett Wright- Bass

Grahm Robinson- Drums and guitar solo

Adam Avramescu- Keyboards, Piano, and Horns

Mastered by Doug Van Sloun in Omaha, NE

All songs written by Eric Michener (Eric Edward Fishboy) copyright 2014

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