A Serious Talk About Music

In the car now
She doesn't like opera, she says
I go, you'll like this:
Maria Callas
O Mio Babbino Caro
I look down at my hand
And watch as it makes a fist.

I say, do you like Bellini?
Who?
Do you like Puccini?
Claude Debussy?
I open my eyes and look at the ceiling
And listen to it ring
And wonder at what was happening to us.

Nobody says anything
So she puts on Arctic Monkeys
All right, oh yeah, uh huh
Unhand that music begone
This is awful
I don't know what's going to happen to me
Or anyone else in the world.

Don't worry
For God's sake, don't worry.