A somewhat melancholy and dramatic lady reflects that manipulating someone into love is not the key to success, even with magic. This is a very pretty song best heard while in a comfy chair.
I knew it would take a spell; when I first saw you standing over there,
I knew it would take a spell: your sturdy thighs, twinkling eyes, golden hair.
I knew it would take a spell: I had a stumpy nose and a dumpy chin,
I knew it would take a spell: Oh I had nothing special to bring you in.
Made up love from magic cast,
Made up love will always last.
Made up love from magic made,
Made up love will never fade.
To cast the spell, I looked at you passively from afar.
To cast the spell, observing you just as if you were a star.
To cast the spell, study intense on what you liked to do,
To cast the spell, crafting my spell uniquely just to you.
I prepared the spell, I pictured perfect me for perfect you,
I prepared the spell, I made something that had part of me too.
I prepared the spell, I built a longing that you just couldn't see,
I prepared the spell, that would bind us forever, you to me.
Made up love from magic cast,
Made up love will always last.
Made up love from magic made,
Made up love will never fade.
I cast the spell, I made it so fine.
I cast the spell, and you became mine.
The spell was cast, basked in false love’s glow,
The spell was cast, laid in sham love’s show.
Made up love from magic cast,
Made up love will it last?
Made up love from magic made,
Made up love will it fade?
The spell was cast, under its thrall you never did vary,
The spell was cast, your devotion too heavy to carry.
The spell was cast, you loved me only the way that I was,
The spell was cast, so that put us on an endless pause.
The spell is now broken, for over time I grew and I changed,
The spell is now broken, while the magic spells could not rearrange,
The spell is now broken, ties of magic they could not adapt,
The spell is now broken, and the links that bound us together snapped.
I saw, I wanted.
I wanted, I cast.
I cast, I froze.
Frozen, I broke.
Broken, I hurt.
I hurt, more than me.
More than me, are hurt.
I saw, I wanted.
I wanted, I cast.
I cast, I cast.
I hurt, I hurt him.
I cast, I hurt.
The spell is now broken, he still has his sturdy thighs and golden hair.
The spell is now broken, and now he asks me why I no longer care.
The spell is now broken, I still have my cute nose and my saucy chin.
The spell is now broken, next time I’ll know better how to begin.
Made up love from magic cast,
Made up love will never last.
Made up love from magic made,
Made up love will always fade.
It will always fade.
credits
from Maidens Rock,
released April 8, 2020
Words and Notes by Dan McLaughlin.
Additional lyrics by Margit Elland Schmitt, Laura Gregory.
Lead vocals by Laura Gregory.
Background vocals by Sandra Cadell, Margit Elland Schmitt.
Musical tracks arranged and recorded by Supreme Tracks (New York, NY).
Vocal tracks recorded and mixed by James Wood at Live Oak Studio (Berkeley, CA), February, 2020.
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