Elephant in the Room, Pt. 2

Pan-fried quail eggs, French shallots
Bruschetta garnished with ginger sauce
Finest seared salmon on baby spinach
With a near-dated cheesecake to finish

Now they're seated, exchanges are taut
Precariously preserving what they've got
But they're out of energy and out of ideas
Another Saturday night about to disappear

There's an elephant in the room
There's an elephant in the room
There's an elephant in the room
They don't talk, stays in thoughts
Should he twist or should he stick?
He is nearly out of chips
Should he try for a five-card trick?
Or is it time to change the deck?

They wash the dishes and scrub the pots
The routine dictates, a movie to watch
Idyllic images of sensational lives
Things become awkward when a love scene arrives
They feel the tension but nothing is said
'That used to be us' that's all in their head
The passionate kissing, the ripping of clothes
They make love on the table, they mutually explode

There's an elephant in the room
There's an elephant in the room
There's an elephant in the room
They don't talk, stays in thoughts
Should he twist, should he stick?
He is nearly out of chips
Should he try for a five-card trick?
Or is it time to change the deck?

End of the movie, eleven-o-clock
Time for bed after checking the locks
Nothing more than cocoa and pages of a book
He thinks to himself, is this his lot?
She's fast asleep, he stares at the clock
He yearns for excitement and soon
He slips on his clothes and tries to slip out
Past the elephant in the room

There's an elephant in the room
There's an elephant in the room
There's an elephant in the room
They don't talk, stays in thoughts
Should he twist or should he stick?
He is nearly out of chips
Should he try for a five-card trick?
Or is it time to change the deck?

Voices scream out as he starts to descend
Is he desperate, liberated or just decadent?
But a surge downstairs makes him less hesitant
Little does he know you can't out-run an elephant