Ordinary Elephant - Rust Right Through [Official Video]

Five years ago, we left a house in Houston to travel the US in an RV full-time. Crystal left behind a career that was the result of a lifetime of work. It took time and perspective to see that where she was going wasn't sustainable for her personally, and courage to walk away from it even though it was expected that she continue down that path. This song is celebrating the realization that the safe, expected route is not always the right one.

We're proud to premiere the video for Rust Right Through, off our latest album "Honest." It was shot at Skinny Elephant Recording after three days of tracking the bones that we'd later call our record. The video was filmed and edited by Neilson Hubbard (who also produced the album), and his partner in Neighborhoods Apart Productions, Joshua Britt.

Official video for "Rust Right Through" from Honest, out May 3, 2019 on Berkalin Records.
www.ordinaryelephant.net

Directed and Edited by Neilson Hubbard and Joshua Britt
Neighborhoods Apart Productions

Lyrics:
There’s an old yellow house sitting on my dash
In a picture I took, sunlight for a flash
The whole family out front
‘Cause that’s what you do

Sitting on concrete steps I grew up climbing
I take ‘em two at a time now
But I still reach for the rail
‘Cause that’s what you do

There’s a comfort in keeping and keeping to a path
Doing what I know and knowing what I have
The safety of a rail gives my hands something to do
But one day this rail is gonna rust right through
One day it’s gonna rust right through

There are places to go and milestones to meet
Each one that I reach says something about me
It’s what they want to hear
‘Cause that’s what I do

I’ve kept my head down, kept my mouth shut
Anything to keep me from screwing up
Holding on to their version of me
‘Cause that’s what I do

There’s a comfort in keeping and keeping to a path
Doing what I know and knowing what I have
The safety of a rail gives my hands something to do
But one day this rail is gonna rust right through
One day it’s gonna rust right through

Middle of this highway, same old drive
In what might be, the middle of my life
I’m where I am supposed to be
That’s what they say

When I doubt that what I have to say could ever count for much
Giving in to what I really need feels like giving up
But I’m done giving up on myself
Holding on to what they say

There’s a comfort in keeping and keeping to a path
Doing what I know and knowing what I have
The safety of a rail gives my hands something to do
But one day this rail is gonna rust right through
One day it’s gonna rust right through

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