Elvis Costello - I Want To Vanish

I want to vanish
This is my fondest wish
To go where I cannot be captured
Laid on a decorated dish
Even in splendor this curious fate
Is more than I care to surrender
Now it's too late
Whether in wonder or indecent haste
You arrange the mirrors and the spools
To snare the rare and precious jewels
That were only made of paste

If you should stumble upon my last remark
I'm crying in the wilderness
I'm trying my best to make it dark
How can I tell you I'm rarer than most
I'm certain as a lost dog
Pondering a sign post

Chorus

I want to vanish
This is my last request
I've given you the awful truth
Now give me my rest
I want to vanish
This is my fondest wish
To go where I cannot be captured
Laid on a decorated dish
Even in splendor this curious fate
Is more than I care to surrender
Now it's too late
Whether in wonder or indecent haste
You arrange the mirrors and the spools
To snare the rare and precious jewels
That were only made of paste

If you should stumble upon my last remark
I'm crying in the wilderness
I'm trying my best to make it dark
How can I tell you I'm rarer than most
I'm certain as a lost dog
Pondering a sign post

Chorus

I want to vanish
This is my last request
I've given you the awful truth
Now give me my rest
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Want To Vanish

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Elvis Costello I Want to Vanish

I want to vanish This is my fondest wish To go where I cannot be captured Laid on a decorated dish Even in splendor this curious fate Is more than I care to ...

Elvis Costello - I Want To Vanish

from Costello & Nieve (1996)

Tony Cultreri "I Want to Vanish" (Elvis Costello Cover)

This is my piano arrangement of the beautiful Elvis Costello song "I Want to Vanish." It originally appeared on his 1996 album "All This Useless Beauty" with The ...

I Want to Vanish

Anne Sofie von Otter sings 'I Want to Vanish', lyrics and music by Elvis Costello.

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