“Magic Works”
Performed by The Weird Sisters in the Yule Ball scene … from the original soundtrack of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
This song is – there is simply no other word – magical. It’s gentle, it’s sweet, it’s promising … and by the time the chorus comes around, I’m completely swept away on a tide of swelling emotion, I’m falling into a nameless abyss, and yet I’m soaring as well. Rising, higher and higher, oh-so-gently. It makes me … believe. It makes me hope for something better … it makes me imagine I’m slowly swaying in this tiny universe of my own, and there are little sparkly stars swirling around me in slow motion … and it’s just me, and the deepest shade of blue merging with inky black, and the silvery spots of light. And that’s the whole world. It begins and ends right there. Time ceases to exist, all constraints released, all bonds slashed open … and all that’s left is truth and hope. And love, at least the promise of it. And if I keep dancing in the stars, well, I can achieve everything I’ve ever wanted.
I tried sketching this ‘feeling’ … my pencil couldn’t really capture the essence of it, but just to give you an idea :
The tiny white dots are supposed to be stars, and they’re slowly swirling around. And the girl is supposed to represent me – I’ve got the curly hair right, but I only hope I’ll get to wear a floaty gown like this someday. 😛
It’s amazing how much a song can do to you!
Sunlit Prism 