The Magic Numbers are a four piece indie band from Ealing, London. The band… Read Full Bio ↴The Magic Numbers are a four piece indie band from Ealing, London. The band consists of two brother-and-sister pairs, Romeo Stodart (guitar, lead vocals) and his sister Michele Stodart (bass, vocals), and Sean Gannon (drums) and his sister Angela Gannon (percussion, melodica, vocals), who came together as a band after Romeo and Sean started writing songs together. While the Gannons are of Irish heritage, the Stodarts are the children of a Scottish father and a Portuguese mother and were born in Trinidad in the Caribbean and raised in New York, before moving to London in the mid-1990s.

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.

Let Somebody In
The Magic Numbers Lyrics

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Said, you want to love
But you don't know how
And you want to feel
But you're not allowed
And you want to cry
But you don't know why
And you want to give
But you're not that kind

When you gonna let somebody in?
You might get hurt just a little bit
When you gonna let somebody in?

Said, you want to love
But you don't know how
And you want to trust
But you're not allowed
And you want to cry
But you don't know why
And you want to give
But you're not that kind

When you gonna let somebody in?
You might get hurt just a little bit
When you gonna let somebody in?

You want to love
But you don't know how

And you want to feel
But you don't know how

Overall Meaning

The Magic Numbers' song "Let Somebody In" explores the vulnerability and fear of opening up to others, despite a longing for things like love, trust, and connection. The repetition of lines in the verses highlights the internal struggle of the singer, who desires these things but feels limited by their own emotional barriers. The chorus, with its repeated question "When you gonna let somebody in?" serves as a call to action, urging the singer to take a risk and allow themselves to be vulnerable, even if it means potentially getting hurt.

The song's bridge reinforces this message, with the line "You don't know what you're missing until you try," suggesting that the rewards of opening up to others are worth the risks involved. Overall, the song speaks to a universal struggle of learning to trust and connect with others, despite the fear and uncertainty that can come with it.

Line by Line Meaning

Said, you want to love
You've expressed that you desire to love someone

But you don't know how
However, you lack the skills or knowledge to successfully love someone

And you want to feel
You crave emotional connection

But you're not allowed
But something is preventing you from achieving emotional connection, perhaps fear or emotional barriers

And you want to cry
You want to express your emotions deeply and with tears

But you don't know why
But the emotions you're experiencing are confusing and unexplained

And you want to give
You desire to love and give affection to another person

But you're not that kind
But something about your personality, experiences or past is restricting you from being able to lovingly give to others

When you gonna let somebody in?
When will you open yourself up to someone and allow them to share your life?

You might get hurt just a little bit
Advises that opening oneself up to others may be risky and may lead to hurt, but the risk is worthwhile

When you gonna let somebody in?
Repeat of line 9 to emphasize the question and need for action