(It's a kind of magic)
(It's a kind of magic)
(A kind of magic)

One dream, one soul, one prize, one goal
One golden glance of what should be
(It's a kind of magic)
One shaft of light that shows the way
No mortal man can win this day

(It's a kind of magic)
The bell that rings inside your mind
It's a challenging the doors of time
(It's a kind of magic)

The waiting seems eternity
The day will dawn of sanity
It's a kind of magic
(It's a kind of magic)
There can be only one

This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be gone
This flame that burns inside of me
I'm hearing secret harmonies

(It's a kind of magic)
The bell that rings inside your mind
Is challenging the doors of time
(It's a kind of magic)
(It's a kind of magic)

This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be, will soon be
Will soon be gone

This is a kind of magic
There can only be one
This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be gone (gone)

Magic, it's a kind of magic
It's a kind of magic
Magic, magic, magic, magic
Magic, ha ha ha ha it's magic

Ha ha
Yeah, yeah

It's a kind of magic


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A Kind of Magic Lyrics as written by Roger Taylor

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  • +2
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    Personally, I think this was written for Highlander. I mean, come on... 'One dream, one soul, one prize, one goal...No mortal man can win this day...There can be only one...This rage that lasts a thousand years' if that doesn't sound like Highlander I don't know what does.

    betniion February 13, 2008   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    "The bell that rings inside your mind is challenging the doors of time" A reference to the Quickening, the "magic" that makes the Highlander immortal and alerts him when others like himself are nearby.

    vlad888on November 05, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Just a wonderful song. I love it.

    mercanfaton January 09, 2002   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    this is a pre-cool song!!!

    rorygodwinon January 17, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    the original movie version is better than the single version, IMHO

    TheOlsnaon May 05, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    "It's a kind of magic" A phrase that the guy (I can't remember his name at the moment)says several times in the movie "Highlander". An alternate version is played in the end credits of the movie which is also Roger's version of the song, I believe (it's not confirmed though). The version on the album is Freddie's. I prefer the movie version / video version myself.

    Enidelynon March 19, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Some of the lyrics fit with the theme of Highlander, but a lot don't and I think the genesis of the lyrics come from a world wide craze from the early 80's - 'Masquerade' a book by Kit Williams, it was a treasure hunt for a golden hare that he had buried somewhere in Britain. If you think about the lyrics they match this concept better than they do the theme of highlander:

    One dream one soul one prize one goal - Lots of people had a common dream of finding the hare but only one person (soul) could.

    One golden glance of what should be - The hare was made of gold.

    One shaft of light that shows the way - the solution to the riddle used the sun at midday on the equinox to locate the hare!

    No mortal man can win this day - the winner would become immortal in as much as people would remember them.

    The bell that rings inside your mind - that 'ah ha' moment when you figure it out.

    Is challenging the doors of time The waiting seems eternity - It seemed impossible to solve but was eventually unearthed 2.5 years after its burial.

    The day will dawn of sanity - Eventually it will be solved and the madness will end.

    There can be only one - winner.

    This rage that lasts a thousand years - it seemed like the madness it generated might last 1,000 years.

    Will soon be done - hope it gets solved soon.

    This flame that burns inside of me - the passion that alot of people had trying to solves the riddle.

    I'm here in secret harmonies - picking out the meaningful things from the red herrings.

    Well that's my take on it anyway - agree or disagree as you please.

    Sinkeron July 11, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    My favorite,if I had to had to choose(yes I put that there twice).

    Thia007on November 27, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    There is a reversed noise in this song, which you are able to hear just before Freddie says "One dream...", and it's repeated another time. If you reverse that sound, you can hear: "Watch you..."

    mgrcaon April 10, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    It's a magic song

    magicon April 25, 2002   Link

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