The solution is, of course, to power the elephant using yourself. You explain to everyone working on it that the elephant is currently just an object. It only exists because other people choose to interpret it as an elephant. A real elephant exists as a subject: it senses and perceives too. The only way for this elephant to be truly powered with the power of subjectivity is for you to become a part of the elephant. Swayed by your argument, the people working on the elephant help you meld your mind with the mechanical construct, and moments later you are powering the metal behemoth and beginning your new life as a giant pachyderm. It comes with an unexpected bonus: with your new elephant ability to perceive low frequency sounds over huge distances, you can hear the bass-heavy show all the way over at the trash fence from where you are now. A real win/win of a night for you.