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So You Want Electricity

from The Magic EP by James Bell

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So you want electricity?
You want brilliant light?
You want dazzling energy?
Beautiful, warm and bright?

It seems the essence of simplicity
But here's a little advice
You can have electricity
But it comes at a price


You want more electricity
Than you've already got
It makes a warm glow energy
You want it burning hot

It causes too much pollution
And one day it will run out
There has to be another solution
Of that you have no doubt


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And yeah that's the riddle
When it comes to love
It's either something in the middle
Or it's more than enough
In which case the price is reality
Your sanity melts
Because you can have electricity
But you can have nothing else
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Because yes, there's another source
That'll give you much more
It goes much deeper of course
But it's unstable to the core

And if it gets too close to you
It'll sow bad seeds in your soul
And make things grow inside of you
That you can't control


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And yeah that's the riddle
When it comes to love
It's either something in the middle
Or it's more than enough
In which case the price is your sanity
Your harmony melts
You can have electricity
But you can have nothing else
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It will cost you your balance
And nothing can heal it
A feeling so intense
You won't be able to feel it

So you want electricity
My foolish little man
Beware of dazzling energy
That you don't understand

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from The Magic EP, released November 15, 2010
Words and Music by James Bell (February 2008)

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James Bell Oxford, UK

Recording artist. Singer. Guitarist. Songwriter. Producer. Performer of traditional English music. Not interested in being famous. Very interested in making good music. Prone to stubbornly ignore the advice of friends in the pursuit of a singular and unique artistic vision, only to admit in a couple of years that, yeah, okay, that particular thing didn’t really work. ... more

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