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Magic by Coldplay

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Coldplay

Magic

Release date: 18th May 2014

From Ghost Stories
Track 2
4:45
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Released as the lead single from 'Ghost Stories' in March 2014, 'Magic' introduces Coldplay's sixth studio album through the lens of a relationship framed in the language of illusion and sleight of hand. The track uses stage-magic metaphors to describe a bond that persists even after fracture, Chris Martin singing 'And I just got broken / Broken into two / Still I call it magic / When I'm next to you'. The repetition of 'I don't want anybody else but you' anchors the song's central fixation, whilst the imagery of disappearance and transformation runs throughout.

The production is restrained, allowing the lyrical conceit to carry the emotional weight. Where earlier Coldplay singles built towards expansive choruses, 'Magic' holds a quieter line, the arrangement serving the intimacy of the subject rather than stadium scale. The song charted across multiple territories following its release, establishing the more subdued tone that would define the album as a whole.

"Magic" is a single by Coldplay, from the album Ghost Stories, released 18th May 2014. The track is 4:45 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 11 articles about Coldplay.

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Lyrics

Magic

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

And I don't, and I don't, and I don't, and I don't
No, I don't, it's true
No, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you

No, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
No, I don't, it's true
No, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

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

And I don't, and I don't, and I don't, and I don't
No, I don't, it's true
No, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you

No, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
No, I don't, it's true
No, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you

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

And if you were to ask me
After all that we've been through
"Still believe in magic?"
Oh, yes, I do

Oh, yes, I do
Oh, yes, I do
Oh, yes, I do
Of course, I do

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Track details

From Ghost Stories

4:452014Single
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Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories
Coldplay
19th May 2014
Track number
2
Release year
2014
  1. 1Always In My Head
    3:37
  2. 2Magic
    4:45
  3. 3Ink
    3:48
  4. 4True Love
    4:06

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