Houdini lyrics

As long as I remember I've been learning to escape.

I lock myself in places, situations I can't change.

I feel older than my age is - they say I'm too young to know.

Tomorrow's my 10th birthday, I'll take my BMX and go.

I'll be a master of illusion and live by the honour code.

I'll do my work in private and I'll keep my secrets close.

I'm sick of all the grownups, and how everybody lies.

Don't ever underestimate a kid with seven lives.

Break away like Houdini

while there's still some mystery.

Tomorrow you won't see me.

By the time you find this tape,

I'll have made my great escape.

They put me in these boxes with too many locks to pick.

Running out of breath is how I lost life number six.

But I know I'm getting better, I'll do anything to survive.

And I think I kind of like life number five.

Break away like Houdini

while there's still some mystery.

Tomorrow you won't see me.

By the time you find this tape,

I'll have made my great escape.

I'm out here on my own now with no family or friends.

Chains I can get out of - it is love I don't understand.

I guess there's only so much escaping you can do

and just like that, I burned lives four to two.

Break away like Houdini

while there's still some mystery.

Tomorrow you won't see me.

By the time you find this tape,

I'll have made my great escape.

I'm older now and wondering why I wanted to get out.

So I found that tape and listened to me say the words out loud.

I'm sure I can't remember what I kept running to.

What I made them think was magic wasn't true.

So gone is all the glamour, the crowds, the mystery.

For my final trick, I'll tell you how life up here looks to me.

Even someone like Houdini never really got away.

I guess I'm out of lives now, I wish I cherished every day.

When you only have one life, you better cherish every day.

• Artist:Milow
• Album:Lean into Me (2019)