[Verse 1]
One trip to Amsterdam
4 trips around the sun
Has it really been that long?
Since your name was on my tongue?
Down at the grocery mart
I pray I see your mom
Cause if I could get back to the place
The place where you came from
Think I could bring you back
Body and soul intact
You be the bird behind the drapes
[Chorus]
I’ll be the magician
I’ll be the magician
The magician
I’ll be the magician
You be the bird
I’ll be a magician
[Verse 2]
Get to the gig on time
Play all the notes you like
I put your full name on the list
I keep the doorman in my sight
I should be used to this
I’m not new to loneliness
And waking up to find the kitchen
In its emptiness
Your heart and soul unmatched
God, could you spare me half
You be the girl inside the crate
[Chorus]
I’ll be the magician
I’ll be the magician
The magician
I’ll be the magician
You be the bird
I’ll be a magician
I’ll be the magician
The magician
I’ll be the magician
You be the bird
I’ll be a magician
[Bridge, 2x]
I would wait all night
Glass eyed
By the back door like the way we did
Meet me at midnight
Crack me up good like the way you did
I would wait all night
By the back door like the way we did
Like the way we did
Like the way we did
[Outro]
You be the bird
I'll be the magician
The Magician was written by Mackenzie Spencer & Katie Munshaw & Charlie Spencer & Alexander Spencer.
The Magician was produced by Dizzy (Band).
Dizzy (Band) released The Magician on Wed Apr 22 2020.
An April 2020 NME article quotes frontwoman Kate Munshaw saying:
The song is about wanting to magically bring a friend of mine who passed away back to life. To me, ‘The Magician’ reeks of naivety and innocence in a way that really hurts my heart. Hoping she’ll walk into my gig at the local pub, hop...
This song began as a demo that Charlie had and I liked it immediately, and wrote a lot of lyrics to it the same day he showed it to me. I was just like, ‘You’re banished from the studio room, and you’re not allowed back here until I say so!’ It was just a lot of fun to write—I don’t think we’ve writ...