Magic Lamp (The Way Things Are) Songtext
von James Booth & The Return

If I had a magic lamp
I couldn′t say with ease
that I wouldn't wish for nothing less
Then your love, if you please

Or a transformation into one
You′re dying just to meet
Then I could sing my love songs to you
Strongly, sour, sweet

Or maybe if I had the chance
I'd wish to do without
The echo chamber in my head
That amplifies my doubt

But if I couldn't get those
Then I know I′d wish for sure
For a world in which we never met
Since it′s me you ignore


And I wonder why you think I'm tripe
And I wonder why you always seem subtracted from me
It′s as simple as I'm not your type
It′s as simple as You've never been attracted to me

It′s as simple as You and I are two different people
Nothing's ever gonna change the way things are

And If you had a magic lamp
What wish won't you make
Is it me to have and hold, my love
And have my heart to break

Or would it be to mend it up
And keep it in your palms
And show there′s surely Gilead
In which there′s surely balm

Or would it be to start again
And turn back upside down
The hour glass so full of sand
And fill our world with sound

But you are much like Helen,
With a thousand ships to sail
And for us to be together
Quills would have to turn to Quails


And I walk around with yellow stripes
And I walk around and think of how distracted I'd be
If I turned myself into your type
And you found yourself so magically attracted to me
Would you turn around and say that we are similar people
Or would I walk and let things stay the way they are?

Torch a tel, I swim all
Break the spell, break my fall
Torch a tel, I swim all
Make it swell, make us tall
Torch a tel, I swim all
Carthage fell, full of salt
Torch a tel, I swim all
Not in hell, not at all
Torch a tel, I swim all
Break the spell, break my fall
Torch a tel, I swim all
Make it swell, make us tall

And if I had a magic lamp
I might just wish for gold
Or treasure or ability
Or never growing old

And I would sooner put it back
Than compromise your will
So let me watch you walk away
While I stay standing still

And I wonder why you think I′m tripe
And I wonder why you always seem subtracted from me
It's as simple as I′m not your type
It's as simple as You′ve never been attracted to me
It's as simple as You and I are two different people
Nothing's ever gonna change