Lyrics Elvis Costello – Hora Decubitus

Siren is bending, the radio humming,
Sun is breaking through and the storm is coming
The score is obscure, the melody fractured
It went by my window

I hope that I wake up in time

Good King Neptune came flipping up my street
He was a sad case tripping up the staircase
Friends and relations are laughing at my head
Gathered like crows at the end of my bed

I hope that I wake up in time

If you can’t or can’t quite
Think again
You can’t fight
That you might
Not be smite
If it’s wrong, it’s not right
I say it once and I’ll say it again
Now and forever and ever, amen

Siren is bending, the radio is humming,
Who do you love now and who are you damning?
The score is obscure and the melody fractured
The bird by my window refused to be captured

I hope I wake up in time

If you can or can’t quite
Think again
You can’t fight
That you might
Not be smite
If it’s wrong, it’s not right

I’ve said it before
I can’t say it much more
Life is a beautiful thing