Magic

TitleMagic
ArtistColdplay
AlbumGhost Stories
Release Date2014-03-03
DescriptionThe 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.
Lyrics[Verse 1]
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
Oooh 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

[Bridge]
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
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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