The band are currently signed to Heavenly Records, and their self-titled debut album was released on 13 June 2005. Singles from that album have included Forever Lost, Love Me Like You, Love's A Game and I See You, You See Me. Later on that year they recorded a new song, Gone are the Days, used on the War Child charity album Help! A Day in the Life
In 2005 they supported Athlete, Doves, and Brian Wilson, and played the Glastonbury Festival to a fantastic reception. August saw the band play at the dual-venue V Festival in Chelmsford and Staffordshire and Leicester's Summer Sundae.
The band have since released their second album, Those The Brokes in November 2006, and the Undecided EP in September 2007.
Carl's Song
The Magic Numbers Lyrics
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To catch my breath and,
oh, I know
There's a box beneath my bed
With all you said
I felt it too, did you feel it too
This feelings that you find, all mine
Tonight I must confess
I loved you best when you were here the most
I know, it's all inside my head
It's in my head, it's in my head
Oh!
I'm so tired of the lonely places that you go
Oh!
And I'm so sick to death to the faces that I still know
And I keep on thinking to myself
Hey now will it all go wrong
Cause you know dear
When happier endings and more
I, I must confess
I loved you best when you were here the most
I know, it's all inside my head
With things you said
I felt it too, did you feel it too
This feelings that you find
All mine
And I know they are in my head
It's in my head
It's in my head
Oh!
I'm so tired of the lonely places that you go
Oh!
And I'm so sick to death to the faces that I still know
And I keep on thinking to myself
Hey now will it all go wrong
Cause you know dear
When happier endings and more
And I know
What I'll find
Somewhere in your heart
This time
And I fear
What I'll find
Somewhere in your heart
Each time
I'm afraid what I'll find
Somewhere in your heart
This time
I, I lost my head when I came up
To catch my breath and,
oh, I know
There's a box beneath my bed
With all you said
I felt it too, did you feel it too
This feelings that you find, all mine
And I know there's a star and its something in the sky
The Magic Numbers’s song “Carl’s Song” is about lost love and the fear of finding out the truth when looking for closure. The singer’s head is lost as they try to come up for air after drowning in their emotions. They have a box under their bed with all the things that their lover has said, and they feel the same way too. They know that there is something in the sky, a star, that represents their feelings for their lover.
The singer is tired of going to the same lonely places and seeing the same faces that remind them of their lost love. They keep thinking that it will all go wrong, even though they know that there could be happier endings. They know that they loved their lover the most when they were together, but now it’s all in their head. They fear what they will find in their lover’s heart, but they also know that something is there.
Line by Line Meaning
I, I lost my head when I came up
I became overwhelmed with emotion when I finally surfaced
To catch my breath and, oh I know
To rest and reflect on the emotions I am experiencing
There's a box beneath my bed
There is a collection of memories that are kept hidden
With all you said
With all the things you said, whether good or bad
I felt it too, did you feel it too
I also felt the emotions that you conveyed, did you feel the same?
This feelings that you find, all mine
The emotions that you provoke in me are my own to deal with
And I know there's a star and its something in the sky
I am aware that there is something beautiful and intangible above us
Tonight I must confess, I loved you best when you were here the most
I admit that I loved you most when you were closest to me
I know, it's all inside my head
I understand that my feelings are not necessarily based in reality
Oh! I'm so tired of the lonely places that you go
I am exhausted from imagining you being in lonely places
Oh! And I'm so sick to death to the faces that I still know
I am fed up with seeing familiar faces and being reminded of you
And I keep on thinking to myself, hey now will it all go wrong
I am constantly worried that everything will fall apart
Cause you know dear, when happier endings and more
Because my expectations of a happy ending have not been met
And I know what I'll find, somewhere in your heart, this time
I am aware that I will find something inside your heart, this time around
And I fear what I'll find, somewhere in your heart, each time
I am afraid of what I will find inside your heart every time we are together
I'm afraid what I'll find, somewhere in your heart, this time
I am fearful of what I will uncover inside your heart, this time around
Contributed by Layla G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.