I Want to Vanish Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Halo_Cure 

Cover art for I Want to Vanish lyrics by Elvis Costello

I've always thought that this song was about suicide... my mother was taken from me in that way and for a long time after that my dad would sometimes sit down with a scotch, listen to this, and cry...

That is really sad to hear. This song just makes me sad too.