“As If by Magic” is the eighth song on La Roux’s eponymous synth-pop debut. It is one of the happier, though bitter-sweet moments on the album, as Elly describes trying to forget her lover.
[Verse 1]
Emerging from my world
Imagine living in a box
And I won't come out
Until I've broken all the locks
Slurring all my words
Until something sticks
But in this smoky universe
My mind keeps playing tricks
[Chorus]
And although you're the only home I know
As if by magic thoughts of you are gone
And now I'm keeping my head in the clouds
And it's not so tragic if I don't look down
[Post-Chorus]
Oo-oo-ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
Oo-oo-ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
[Verse 2]
Submerging from your world
And back into my bliss
A day rolled into one
Is burning on my lips
Blurring all your words
Until they don't exist
And in a parallel universe
It's me you can't resist
[Chorus]
And although you're the only home I'll ever know
As if by magic thoughts of you are gone
And now I'm keeping my head in the clouds
And it's not so tragic if I don't look down
[Post-Chorus]
Oo-oo-ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
Oo-oo-ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
[Chorus]
And although (You say I'm a rose-tinted lover come on)
You're the only home I'll ever know (You know I'll never love another)
As if by magic (I won't stay a lonely lover for long)
Thoughts of you are gone
And now (You say I'm a rose-tinted lover come on)
I'm keeping my head in the clouds (You know I'll never love another)
And it's not so tragic (I won't stay a lonely lover for long)
If I don't look down
As If By Magic was written by Elly Jackson & Ben Langmaid.
As If By Magic was produced by Elly Jackson & Ben Langmaid.
La Roux released As If By Magic on Fri Jun 26 2009.