Long-forgotten Fairytale Lyrics - The Magnetic Fields

Someone told me you'd be here 

Whispering these familiar things 

Talking to my little pet, smoking the same old cigarettes 

I would have laughed 

I saw you last in summertime 

You said you hated long goodbyes 

You said, "There's nothing to explain, in every life a little rain" 

Etcetera 

And a long-forgotten fairytale is in your eyes again 

And I'm caught inside a dream world where the colors are too intense 

And nothing is making sense 

There's a floating town of ire down in a mist of mystery 

There's an old enchanted castle and the princess there is me 

Decked-out like a Christmas tree 

I guess you've had your little joke 

But I have lost my sense of humor 

My medication's wearing off, for it's just not strong enough 

To cover this 

Then you kissed me like before 

I found myself wanting more 

And you tell that little lie that kept me hypnotized 

Another kiss 

And a long-forgotten fairytale is in your eyes again 

And I'm caught inside a dream world where the colors are too intense 

And nothing is making sense 

There's a floating town of ire down in a mist of mystery 

There's an old enchanted castle and the princess there is me 

Decked-out like a Christmas tree 

If somebody told me I'd succumb 

If someone said I'd be so dumb 

After all the sleepless nights, when I turned on all the lights 

I would have hit them 

But I have turned the other cheek 

My voice trembles, my knees are weak 

And you beat me once again 

And I know what happens then 

You raise the ante 

And a long-forgotten fairytale is in your eyes again 

And I'm caught inside a dream world where the colors are too intense 

And nothing is making sense