Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Well if you find your way out wandering, walking in a dead man's shadow
If you hit that quicksand running, count me out kid, I can't follow
'Cause I put to rest your revelations, I cut the rope, the tie that bound you
Still you ate that incarnation, just like the day that I found you
Oh, you still wear that smile, your crazy whispering denial, sweet nothings
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
You're a fake, you're a fake magic angel
You're a fake, you're a fake magic queen
Yeah, you suck life out of all that's around you
But you won't be sucking nothing out of me
So move along I'm sick of sad songs, feels just like some ear full of dare
You seen the part where I said so long, well this is the part where I don't care
To aid you in your black hole conquest, to hear you balled each boy in each barroom
Still you flaunt yourself in that same dress and talk how your magazines taught you
But you still wear that pout, your crazy words that in your mouth, just nothing
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
You're a fake, you're a fake magic angel
Just a gear in this fake magic scene
Yeah, you twist and you turn with the times, babe
You're a fake in a fake magic machine
So pinch me every time I dream
This waking life gets weird enough to not wanna sleep
Seems every time I see you I've got secrets to keep
And it hurts to know, yeah it hurts me so
That you still wear that grin, you're crazy, pissing in the wind, sweet jesus
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
If you hit that quicksand running, count me out kid, I can't follow
'Cause I put to rest your revelations, I cut the rope, the tie that bound you
Still you ate that incarnation, just like the day that I found you
Oh, you still wear that smile, your crazy whispering denial, sweet nothings
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
You're a fake, you're a fake magic angel
You're a fake, you're a fake magic queen
Yeah, you suck life out of all that's around you
But you won't be sucking nothing out of me
So move along I'm sick of sad songs, feels just like some ear full of dare
You seen the part where I said so long, well this is the part where I don't care
To aid you in your black hole conquest, to hear you balled each boy in each barroom
Still you flaunt yourself in that same dress and talk how your magazines taught you
But you still wear that pout, your crazy words that in your mouth, just nothing
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
You're a fake, you're a fake magic angel
Just a gear in this fake magic scene
Yeah, you twist and you turn with the times, babe
You're a fake in a fake magic machine
So pinch me every time I dream
This waking life gets weird enough to not wanna sleep
Seems every time I see you I've got secrets to keep
And it hurts to know, yeah it hurts me so
That you still wear that grin, you're crazy, pissing in the wind, sweet jesus
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
Lyrics submitted by demyelinated
Fake Magic Angel Lyrics as written by Kyle Craft
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
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