Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses Lyrics

Burst into heaven
Feeling an intense emotional high or ecstasy.

Kiss in the cotton clouds
Metaphor for feeling like you're floating or weightless, with your head in the clouds as if in a fairy tale.

Arctic sheets and fields of wheat
Describing the stark contrast of the natural elements, representing the extremes of emotions and feelings.

I can't stop coming down
Refers to the desire to come back down to Earth, to be grounded again and return to reality.

Your shrunken head
Symbolizes the feeling of being judged or watched by someone who has a negative view of you.

Looking down on me above
Representing the domineering presence of that person who is judging or watching from a superior position.

Send me home like an elephant stone
A plea to be set free from this situation, to be extricated from feeling trapped and immobilized by anxiety.

To smash my dream of love
The realization that love and happiness can be unattainable, resulting in crushing disappointment and painful rejection.

Dreaming till the sun goes down
The longing and hope for something that can only exist in a dream or fantasy.

And night turns into day
The cycle of reality that never stops, even when one is lost in a dream world.

Rooms are empty I've got plenty
Despite the lack of distractions or things to fill the emptiness, the despair remains.

You move in right away
The feeling of being invaded, overwhelmed or suffocated by another person's presence.

Seems like there's a hole
The feeling of loss, emptiness and detachment that occurs when things fall apart.

In my dreams
The illusion that something better exists, thereby creating a false sense of hope.

Down through the heavens
Descending from heaven or a higher place, bringing the person back down to Earth and to reality.

Choke on the cotton clouds
To suffocate or feel like you're drowning in a cloud of artificiality or falseness.

Did'nt your bed and bookshelf go
The realization that everything you thought was stable in your life is gone, disappeared or has been taken away.

And run run run away
The desire to escape, to run away from your problems or your current situation.

These four walls saw the rise and fall
The feeling of being trapped, imprisoned or suffocated by a limited environment or situation.

And your midnight getaway
The hope for adventuring and getting away from the mundane, boring or oppressive reality of everyday life.

Or so it seems
The illusion of something that isn't really true, creating a false reality that feels real.

Yet nothing means anything
The realization that everything feels meaningless and empty, especially when compared to the hope and meaning that was imagined before.

Anymore
The feeling of despair and resignation that arises after hope has been crushed.