Magic
Producers
Magic Lyrics
Call it magic, call it true
I call it magic when I'm with you
And I just got broken, broken into two
Still I call it magic when I'm next to you
[Chorus]
And I don't, and I don't, and I don't, and I don't
No, I don't, it's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
No, I don't, it's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
Call it magic, cut me into two
And with all your magic, I disappear from view
And I can't get over, can't get over you
Still I call it magic, such a precious jewel
[Chorus]
And I don't, and I don't, and I don't, and I don't
No, I don't, it's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
No, I don't, it's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you
Wanna fall, fall so far
I wanna fall, fall so hard
And I call it magic
And I call it true
I call it ma-, ma-ma-magic
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
[Verse 3]
And if you were to ask me
After all that we've been through
"Still believe in magic?"
Oh, yes, I do
[Outro]
Oh, yes, I do
Oh, yes, I do
Oh, yes, I do
Of course, I do
About
The lead single of Coldplay’s sixth studio album Ghost Stories, “Magic,” introduces us to the narrator’s former relationship with a woman he loved in a magical way. Through clever references to the art of stage magic, he describes a very special bond that once existed between the two.
The song is not an affirmation of a relationship, it is a song about honoring yourself when a relationship ends. Although his lover has broken him in two by ending the relationship, he celebrates the magic of his capacity to unconditionally love another, even if they don’t reciprocate — his precious jewel.
Q&A
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According to Songfacts, Chris Martin said to Zane Lowe from BBC Radio 1 :
It’s not a question of you either really love someone or you really hate someone, it’s more nuanced than that – especially with the modern world’s complications – like traveling and all the stuff that comes to life, and illness and addiction and all that sort of thing. It’s just saying, ultimately there is magic between two people no matter what anyone else thinks.
Her name is 章子怡 (Zhang Ziyi). She is a Chinese actress and model.
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- 3.Ink
- 4.True Love
- 5.Midnight
- 7.Oceans
- 9.O
- 10.All Your Friends
- 11.Ghost Story
- 12.O (Reprise)