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"[[Into The Magic Land]]" is the eleventh track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.
  
 
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== Comments ==
 
== Comments ==
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* A '''mystical pilgrimage''' title in the Celtic / folkloric vein: crossing into Faerie, into the Otherworld, into a land that is physically adjacent to this one but ontologically separate. Continues a thread that runs through "[[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]" and the [[Hexagon Sun]] / pastoral / [[Music70]] aesthetic.
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* The title is reminiscent of "[[Into the Rainbow Vein]]" from ''[[The Campfire Headphase]]''.
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* "'''Magic'''" here ties to "[[Acts Of Magic]]": the album's twin magical titles, one as practice, one as destination.
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* The title may be a reference to the poem “A Child’s Thought” by Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson.
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* May also read as the land of the dead (Annwn in Welsh, Tír na nÓg in Irish, Hades in Greek, Sheol in Hebrew) — the '''other country''' into which the album descends.
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<blockquote> At seven, when I go to bed,<br>
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I find such pictures in my head:<br>
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Castles with dragons prowling round,<br>
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Gardens where magic fruits are found;<br>
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Fair ladies prisoned in a tower,<br>
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Or lost in an enchanted bower;<br>
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While gallant horsemen ride by streams<br>
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That border all this land of dreams<br>
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I find, so clearly in my head<br>
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At seven, when I go to bed.<br>
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At seven, when I wake again,<br>
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The magic land I seek in vain;<br>
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A chair stands where the castle frowned,<br>
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The carpet hides the garden ground,<br>
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No fairies trip across the floor,<br>
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Boots, and not horsemen, flank the door,<br>
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And where the blue streams rippling ran<br>
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Is now a bath and water-can;<br>
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I seek the magic land in vain<br>
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At seven, when I wake again.
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 2 August 2026

Into The Magic Land
Running time 4:35
Appears on Inferno (2026)
Next Blood In The Labyrinth
Prev The Word Becomes Flesh


"Into The Magic Land" is the eleventh track on Boards of Canada's fifth studio album, Inferno.


Comments[edit]

  • The title is reminiscent of "Into the Rainbow Vein" from The Campfire Headphase.
  • The title may be a reference to the poem “A Child’s Thought” by Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson.
At seven, when I go to bed,

I find such pictures in my head:
Castles with dragons prowling round,
Gardens where magic fruits are found;
Fair ladies prisoned in a tower,
Or lost in an enchanted bower;
While gallant horsemen ride by streams
That border all this land of dreams
I find, so clearly in my head
At seven, when I go to bed.


At seven, when I wake again,
The magic land I seek in vain;
A chair stands where the castle frowned,
The carpet hides the garden ground,
No fairies trip across the floor,
Boots, and not horsemen, flank the door,
And where the blue streams rippling ran
Is now a bath and water-can;
I seek the magic land in vain
At seven, when I wake again.

Samples / Lyrics[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Videos[edit]

Audio[edit]

See Also[edit]

External links[edit]

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