The Wake Of The Medusa Lyrics - Pogues

The guests are stood in silence 

They stare and drink their wine 

On the wall the canvas hangs 

Frozen there in time 

They marvel at the beauty 

The horror and despair 

At the wake of the Medusa 

No one shed a tear 

Sit my friends and listen 

Put your glasses down 

Sit my friends and listen 

To the voices of the drowned 

In the moonlight's ghostly glow 

I waken in a dream 

Once more upon that raft I stand 

Upon a raging sea 

In my ears the moans and screams 

Of the dying ring 

Somewhere in the darkness 

The siren softly sings 

Out there in the waves she stands 

And smiling there she calls 

As the lightning cracks the sky 

The wind begins to howl 

The architects of our doom 

Around their tables sit 

And in their thrones of power 

Condemn those they've cast adrift 

Echoes down the city street 

Their harpies laughter rings 

Waiting for the curtain call 

Oblivious in the wings 

The casket is empty 

Abandon ye all hope 

They ran off with the money 

And left us with the rope