Spellbound Heart Lyrics

I walked down towards Market Q

And I just kept walking through

I don't know what to do

Watching the fading blue

In the sky

And I've walked in each direction, trying to change my point of view

And keep a simple state of mind, and keep my two feet marching in line

Try to renounce and to resign, or whatever it is I need to do

About this spellbound heart

And you're somewhere

Maybe in Rajasthan

Wearing your amulet

I don't know how you let

It all roll by

You told me that I'd saved you, well now it's me who's calling on you

Everything seems alive these days, but alive in some sinister way

You know about recovery, I saw you push through, so I was thinking I could get your view

On this spellbound heart

Maybe you're traveling with

That Spanish kid

Who was looking for a

Place to stay about the time I

Was saying goodbye

I think he impressed you with his poetry, eccentric views, and his family line

I have to admit I too was moved by the way he looked right through me

His letter for the girl he loved in Aberdeen went right past my head and went straight

To this spellbound heart

I used to think that sacrifice

On the regular

Was just a ritual

For the spiritual and

The easily fooled

Then I saw a girl who seemed to carry something she just couldn't share

I watched her walk along the waterfront with a cold, contemplative stare

Back then, I wore a disguise of amusement in my eyes without compromise and without

Without this spellbound heart

I went about with a worldview

Of simply ignoring

Life's uncertainty

Getting comfortable

With going careful and slow

Then you so gently dissected me and placed a jewel upon my heart

Now I'd go crawling through that merciless, twisted vine for a sip of your wine

Wasn't 'til you closed me up and sent me on my way that I saw what you had done

To this spellbound heart

We sat up until 5 o'clock

And went to LaGuardia

I stood by the car and said

There goes my guardian

Into the world

Leaving me here with our memories, cluelessness, and your guiding voice

I denied that this was the end as the cold wind blew through my clothes

And even through the years, these long, trackless miles, I travel mostly by the light

Of this spellbound heart

You caught me in a trap

I'm slipping steadily

I try to turn away

I look down at my feet

But they don't move

They're going out with a ticket and bag for the early morning depart

Trying to explain to the people I pass that they can't let me get on this train

Fooled, pulled

By this spellbound heart

I'm sitting in that garden now

The one you talked about

I see the hyacinth

And hear the weeping song

Of the loon

Well ain't it just like a heart to be slow to come around?

I want to cut one flower from here. Maybe you can tell me it's name

And, seeing it in my hand, you'll see I understand the directions that you gave

To this spellbound heart

And it's just like you told me

Just like you said

Well, what's the point?

Don't have to tell you

You already know

And when I do try to speak of it, you just calmly nod your head

Guess there's no use to try to phrase what's written right there in the stars

Oh, that redeeming clause, like the morning light that one day slowly dawns