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Black Magic Lyrics
I woke up in the morning
and all the bells were ringing
My eyes could see the glory
Baby
Could hear the song they're singing
You only get to see the light
just one time in your life
Oh, black magic
that blows your mind away
and takes you somewhere that you wanna stay
You only get to stay one day
Oh, that cold black magic
Is there anything more wretched
than to just have caught one sight?
The eyes that saw the glory have been
have been blinded by the light
And it's the true believers that crash and burn
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna learn
Black magic
that blows your mind away
and takes you somewhere that you wanna stay
Oh, you only get to stay one day
Oh, that cold black magic
Ow
We can't escape; we're born to die
But I'm gonna give it a real good try
because nothing comes close and nothing can compare
to black magic
Yeah yeah yeah
Black magic
Yeah yeah yeah
and all the bells were ringing
My eyes could see the glory
Baby
You only get to see the light
just one time in your life
Oh, black magic
that blows your mind away
and takes you somewhere that you wanna stay
You only get to stay one day
Oh, that cold black magic
than to just have caught one sight?
The eyes that saw the glory have been
have been blinded by the light
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna learn
Black magic
that blows your mind away
and takes you somewhere that you wanna stay
Oh, you only get to stay one day
Oh, that cold black magic
Ow
But I'm gonna give it a real good try
because nothing comes close and nothing can compare
to black magic
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Song Info
Submitted by
modernrocksong On Nov 20, 2006
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Jarvis said in an interview that this song was about the feeling he got when he wrote a really good song - he'd never revisit the place in his mind where the lyrics and the tune fall together.
"Is there anything more wretched than to just have caught one sight?" is about the feeling of being desperate to find how he wrote that - to revisit his epiphany.
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amazin song!
A sweet take on "crimson and clover"
I think this song may be about embracing drug addiction.
I'm pretty sure this is about chocolate. He's cynically describing the elation that working class chavs experience when they eat it. In fact Black Magic is the name of a chocolate produced by Rowntree.