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| | quote = The song is about the terror of leaving childhood, when the wonderful inventions of your imagination come up against teenage lust and algebra. ''The Sopranos'' writer David Chase gave me the title when I met him at a supper 11 years ago. I told him my boys had started school and he said: ‘School. The death of magic thinking.’ I knew exactly what he meant. | | | quote = The song is about the terror of leaving childhood, when the wonderful inventions of your imagination come up against teenage lust and algebra. ''The Sopranos'' writer David Chase gave me the title when I met him at a supper 11 years ago. I told him my boys had started school and he said: ‘School. The death of magic thinking.’ I knew exactly what he meant. |
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Sullen as a summer's day
Even as a winter's evening
Angels strumming overhead
27 seconds to touchdown
Switch on the landing lights
I turned up the radio
One day I'll buy a ticket for any place that I want to go
Now that I am so afraid to fly
Away from childish dreams
The Death Of Magic Thinking
The Death Of Magic Thinking
She took my hand in an experiment
Put it where it shouldn't be
Put it underneath her dress
And waited to see
I didn't know what to do
I didn't know what to say
It was just a game I guess
One that I didn't know how to play
But if I had never known that spark
Stumbled on in all innocence
With my machine that can turn ink stains into words
Lends honey to the hive and the melody to birds
The Death Of Magic Thinking
I can't stand on my head
I can't let go my tears
I can't control my anger
I can't admit my fears
Walked you to the prison gate
I didn't know what to say
Walked back to the car
Shed tears of my betrayal
They'll teach you well but not enough
A punching bag and all for nothing
Cartwheels you used to turn
You'll never learn
They'll never mention
The Death Of Magic Thinking
She took my hand in an experiment
Put it where it shouldn't be
Put it underneath her dress
And waited to see
I didn't know what to do
I didn't know what to say
It was just a game I guess
One I didn't know how to play
Now that you are leaving for some other place
Where they won't let me follow
I see you close the door
And deny you ever knew me
The Death of Magic Thinking
The Death of Magic Thinking
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“The song is about the terror of leaving childhood, when the wonderful inventions of your imagination come up against teenage lust and algebra. The Sopranos writer David Chase gave me the title when I met him at a supper 11 years ago. I told him my boys had started school and he said: ‘School. The death of magic thinking.’ I knew exactly what he meant.” — The Guardian, January 6, 2022
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