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Lumos
02:48
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Back when we were young it felt like a story
The evils in the world simply defeated by my friends and me
But then we grew up
And the world grew dark
When it gets dark turn on a light
Send out the signal, we must unite
There’s only two sides tonight
There’s no sideline
Will you choose what’s right
Cause we’re ready for the fight
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2. |
You're Not the Wizard
03:04
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You’re not the wizard that we thought you were
A pure candy-loving magical myth
Your death is bringing out a disturbing darkness
That I kind of wish you’d been buried with
I’m hearing hearsay that you dabbled in the dark arts
And your dad maimed muggles for a good laugh
Now that you’re gone I wish I’d taken the time to ask you
About the person that you were in the past
Oh you’re not the wizard that I thought you were
I’m hearing things I’d rather have been forgot
When I asked you what you saw when you looked into the mirror
You just told me you were holding some socks
Oh what did you see in the mirror
Was it warm and wooly winter wear
Or was it the ghost of your sister
What did you see in there?
Now I’m the same age as you were then
But I’m struggle-uggle-ling to comprehend
How you could ever entertain the thought that magic is might
How being talented could give you the right
I know you were entranced by the power and slickness
Of that ambitious wizard supremacist
And it makes me so sick “the Greater Good”
So sick the things that you would do for it
Oh you’re not the wizard that I thought you were
I’m hearing things I’d rather have been forgot
That pathway to the power you sought meant means so mean
I’m still coming to terms with the shock
Now I’m seeing you in the mirror
But is it really your blue eyeball in there?
Can I trust you? do you even care about me here
The boy who lived, do you even care?
Oh you left me a mess and some pieces of a puzzle
But I don’t even know where to start
Your bequeathals keeping us in the dark
And in this space I realize that there was little in me you’d confide
I don’t know if you ran out of time
Would you even tell me if you were alive?
You’re not the wizard I thought you were
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Don’t you want to remember all the good times?
In this house that was my home before
I found a home to call my own before
I inherited a third home to own
Don’t you want to remember all the good times?
When the Dursleys would leave I’m sneaking snacks from the fridge
Playing some kind of game on Big D’s Playstation
Lounging in Vernon’s chair
Channel surfing
Just look at this doormat, oh the memories
Dudley puked on it the day the dementors hit Surrey
And under here, Hedwig, is where I used to sleep
It’s so small
What do you say after 16 years of solid dislike?
Maybe ‘Good luck,’ or how ‘bout ‘Thanks for saving my butt,’
Or just ‘I don’t think you’re a waste of space, Harry,’
Or maybe you’ll just say, ‘Goodbye’
Goodbye
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4. |
The Trace
02:24
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Watch what you say, don’t use the wrong word
That spell you cast, don’t let it be your last
Don’t wanna get tapped for improper use of magic
This decree in place, is it really reasonable?
Cause you got the Trace, the Taboo
They’re always watching you
What are they looking for, why are they listening?
I guess privacy’s not a wizard thing
What are they looking for, why are they listening?
Why they worried so much about wizard teens?
In times of peace, it seems like overreach
And opens the door to misuse in times of war
If you say his name, it puts you on the map
So be ready to fight, or else you might get snatched
Cause you got the Trace, the Taboo
They’re always watching you
I know what they’re looking for, I know why they’re listening
Breeding fear and mistrust is part of their thing
I know what they’re looking for, I know why they’re listening
It’s a police state meant to subjugate
We know what they’re looking for
We know why they’re listening
Maybe someday we’ll fix this thing
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Here’s your daily assurance things are basically OK
But times like these aren’t normal, take it with more than just a grain
This smear campaign against Dumbledore has us wondering who you’re working for
And this article about muggleborns stealing magic shows what’s going on
The Prophet’s now a mouthpiece for the Ministry
Regurgitating their lies obsequiously
There’s no news about the Ministry’s fall cause Voldemort controls it all
The Prophet’s now a mouthpiece for the Ministry
What’s the narrative?
Who’s it benefit?
There’s no news about Scrimgeour’s death cause Voldemort controls the press
The Prophet’s now a mouthpiece for the Ministry
A public disservice for protecting one’s own skin
But how do we measure the cost of the news that don’t make it in
The Wizard Wireless Network stopped reporting events
For resistance news put Potterwatch on your deck
There’s a lot more to the story and each of us is a player
Just be sure you’re not getting played
Who’s pulling the strings
That push the keys
That print the words
That fill the pages
Of the paper
That you’re holding in your hand?
What’s the narrative?
Who’s it benefit?
This bogus research on muggleborns shows it’s really just a propaganda arm
The Prophet’s now a mouthpiece for the Ministry
The Prophet’s now espousing pureblood supremacy
The Prophet’s now a mouthpiece for the Ministry
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6. |
Hermione's Army
04:34
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Who is that witch?
Does she want to be a lawyer? No no no no, she is
Hoping to do some good in this world
Or a magic law enforcer? No no no no, she is
Hoping to do some good in this world
She’s selfless and she’s helping the helpless
Me like when Nagini put me into a squeeze
She’s selfless and she’s helping the helpless
Me when we were kiddies trapped in Devil’s Spaghetti
She’s selfless and she’s helping the helpless
Me breaking the rules of time to save Buckbeak
She’s selfless and she’s helping the helpless
To protect her muggle parents she erased their memories
She’s a knowledgeable, magical, powerful girl and she is
Hoping to do some good in this world
With the talent that is growing underneath her curls she is
Hoping to do some good in this world
Just because it’s that way doesn’t mean it should stay
She’s got the vision and the brains to make a change
The world may not be ready for elvish welfare
But she’s not waiting for the world, she’s gonna push it there
When Umbridge cut Defense from the syllabus
She was the lead organizer of the Resistance
Sometimes I wonder if Dumbledore’s Army
Should have been named after Hermione
She’s a knowledgeable, magical, powerful girl and she is
Hoping to do some good in this world
With the talent that is bursting underneath her curls she is
Hoping to do some good in this world
Doing more than anyone of us could ask for
She even took the form of her own torturer
And I realized that day on the Shell Cottage shore
Her magic’s deeper than the dragon heart of her old wand core
Oh Hermione there’s a better future in your dreams
Even when it all falls apart you see the way things could be
Oh Hermione I see the future in your dreams
Where the creatures are free and the wizards at peace
Oh Hermione, Hermione
You keep doing what’s right and we’ll follow your lead
Oh Hermione, Hermione
You’re doing good in this world, you’re doing good in this world
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I didn’t know we had a cat
Or that I had a toy broomstick
So much I don’t know
Wish I could know
They say we have the same eyes
And looking at this letter I can see
We share a ‘G’
What else did you give to me?
Do we like the same food?
Do we take the same tea?
I didn’t even know we had a cat
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Do you want to be a death eater today, Runcorn?
Sending you home with a nosebleed
A day off as their accomplice
Your most productive day in years
We’ll see what we can repair
You’re getting paid but it’s never just a paycheck
What you do is who you are
Who it benefits is clear
Who it harms should keep you up at night
Ain’t no statues going up
If folks like you won’t bear the weight
Enforcing every injustice
As you look the other way
It don’t matter how you dress or
If you’re willing to put on the mask
They won’t need a death eater army
There’s always moral judgement
In administrative function
With people like you
They won’t need a death eater army
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9. |
Gone Campin’
04:17
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Don’t need a lecture about what’s going on in my head
I’m just trying to find another lead we can work with
Running around in circles feeling like ouroboros
Don’t need a woman to be cooking my meals for me
Those gendered roles are antiquated it’s not fair to Hermione
Maybe I should take a moment learning how to catch some fish
Wish I weren’t so unprepared
Wish food didn’t seem so rare
Wish magic could help us here
Yeah if only some kind of spell could help with this, something like
Accio Fish
Don’t need a lecture about the loved ones I left behind
If you could see inside my head you’d know they’re always on my mind
I know you’re worried about your family, but I’m not your enemy
Don’t need you whining about your mommy conjuring some food
She ain’t working outside Gamp’s Laws of Transfiguration
Thought we were in this together, thought you knew what you signed up for
Wish I weren’t so unprepared
Wish Dumbledore had left a plan
With these riddles we could use a hand
Yeah, camping in the woods eating mushrooms sure sounds fun
Unless you’ve been doing it for months
Said camping in the woods eating mushrooms sure sounds fun
Until you’ve been doing it for months
Accio Fish
Accio salmon, accio tuna, accio pollock, accio grouper
Accio haddock, accio flounder, accio mackerel, accio lobster
Accio bluefish, accio whitefish, accio goldfish, accio shark
Accio catfish, accio clownfish, accio crayfish, accio carp
Accio smelt, accio scrod, accio shad, accio cod
Accio tilapia, accio halibut, accio anglerfish, accio mullet
Accio sea bass, accio guppy, accio sardines, accio porgy
Accio one fish, accio two fish, accio red fish, accio blue fish,
Accio snapper, accio monkfish, accio brook trout, accio Swordfish of Gryffindor
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Just another night by the campfire
Singing the same songs for the hundredth time
Did you put on the muffliato charm
Don’t want these snatchers singing along
Do a little dance
Cook a little fish
Look up at the stars
Make a little wish
Nothing’s probably gonna happen
I don’t think of you that way
We’re not doing anything wrong
But no one’s asking, ‘Where the hell is Ron?’
Sing another song
Cook another trout
Is something on your mind?
Are you having doubts?
Nothing’s probably gonna happen
I don’t think of you that way
We’re not doing anything wrong
But no one’s asking, ‘Where the hell is Ron?’
Where’s Ron?
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11. |
No Pureblood Supremacy
03:28
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Are your spells better when your blood is pure?
I didn’t think so
Can your family tree cast like Hermione?
I didn’t think so
But here you are repeating that old pureblood line
As if magic were some kind of property
That one could own and another could thieve
As if your lot improves as another’s aggrieved
Sometimes purity is a source of corrosion
Just like iron in a cauldron
A dark potion rusting out through the bottom
It always find the lowest point
These pureblood identity politics
Are nothing more than arrogance
A rally point for a supporter set
That’s afraid of everything
The Ministry’s full of spineless employees
They hate their boss but they’re still publishing these pureblood screeds
Complicitly upholding this puppet regime
Tearing families apart under a facade of peace
But there she goes and her cat patronus glows
Enforcing her twisted laws for a messed up cause
On a power trip with a hot locket
Croaking genetic lies out like a hypocrite
Sometimes purity can coexist with squalor and filth
Just like Marvolo and Morfin
Clinging desperately to jewelry and genealogy
And a life devoid of happiness
There ain’t no pureblood supremacy
That’s just a stupid ideology
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12. |
Voldemort in Your Head
01:55
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Sometimes there’s a Voldemort in your head
And it’s a part of you
Not the nicest part
But to get through you’ve got to use every part
Fight with everything you’ve got
When there’s a Voldemort in your head
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There’s a goblin on my head that nobody can see
Underneath my cloak of invisibility
We’re going to the bank but we’re not getting paid
We’re gonna rob the vault of Bellatrix Lestrange
What are you thinking up there?
Under the cloak we share
A thousand years since Gryffindor, finally return the sword
To a noble race of creatures men deprived of wandlore
A reparo twixt our people would this settle your score
When I really need that sword so we can win this war
I really need that sword
The power seeker split his soul and locked it in the bank
I touch the cup, levitate and burn over its multiplying prank
We are brave and afraid, we are horcrux takers
Sacrifice Godric’s sword, returned to Goblin makers
We’re breaking in
We’re going down
We’re busting out
Breaking the chains of the blind guardian we fight
Blasting goblins and tunnels, they’re crumbling under her might
Climbing up on her back, we launch into the sky
Busting out, we’re riding a dragon tonight
Riding a dragon tonight
I hope she don’t bite
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The Cloak
02:29
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I came from a household that did not want to have me there
Underneath the cupboard I was forced to disappear
When I got to my school there was a gift awaiting me
My murdered father’s power of invisibility
I wanted to be normal there, I wanted to blend in
A regular wizard with regular friends
But burdened by my baggage of wizard celebrity
What I really craved was just anonymity
I’m putting on the cloak again so I can disappear
Nobody can see but I’m ordinary
I’m putting on the cloak again, just putting it on
I’m putting on the cloak again so I can disappear
Nobody can see, just pretend that I’m not here
Through generations of the Peverell family
This hallowed gift was passed and now it’s up to me
To use it for its purpose, death is not the enemy
I wear it and embrace it, who will the master be?
I’m putting on the cloak again
But this time I am not hiding
I’m putting on the cloak again
I am putting on the cloak again
Greeting death like an old friend
I’m putting on the cloak again
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15. |
The Stone
09:29
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I saw it all in Snape’s tears
I didn’t know I’d be so prepared
The final enemy I fear
To be conquered is death
I am about to die
I must die, this must end
Neither will live, neither will survive
I didn’t want any of you to die, I’m sorry
No one else will die for me
I am about to die
I’ve made up my mind
I won’t say goodbye
I’m just going to walk into the forest and I
I pass Hagrid's hut, can’t make a patronus
How many beats must there be left in my heart
No time can be bought, my battle’s been fought
The snitch has been caught
I’m about to die
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16. |
The Wand
04:15
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There’s a reason that wand isn’t working for you
Snape was Dumbledore’s man through and through
He asked you to spare my mom but you were a fool
If you’d seen his patronus you’d know it were true
You won’t be killing anyone else tonight
You won’t be killing anyone else
There are far worse things than dying
Soon you will be learning
I’ve seen what you become
Killing is not the only way to win allegiance
You’re not listening, Tom
You’ll never master that wand
The wand chooses the wizard
You only see what you want to see
Hear what you want to hear
You don’t learn from your mistakes
There’s so much you don’t comprehend
About Lily, or Snape, or Dumbledore
Or everyone else here, they understand
It’s love
And it’s your one last chance
It’s all you’ve got left
Try for some remorse
For some regret
One of us is about to leave for good
I’ll be having my wand now
And here’s my signature move
Expelliarmus
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