Songflashfic challenge #2

[inlovewithnight]

Same as last month: write a fic somehow inspired by this song. A specific lyric, the overall mood, whatever. Any fandom/pairing/rating/whatever. Go crazy. Link back here by December 6 and I'll post a masterlist. No structure, no pressure. :) Comment here if you think you're going to give it a try, just so I don't feel entirely alone.

This month's song is: The Magician (Jason Isbell)


You watch every move
and call it slight of hand
you know it's what I do
but never who I am, never who I am

started on the street
cards and dollar bills
shuffling my feet
never could be still, never could be still

and I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I can make myself disappear
I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I could be somewhere worse than here

I had a bride
sawed her in half
couple people cried
but most of them just laughed, most of them just laughed

and I had a son
strong of hand and will
taught him how to run
but never how to steal, never how to steal

I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I can't make myself reappear
I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I hope there's somewhere worse than here

I was called amazing
I make folks believe
With nothing in my pockets
And nothing up my sleeve

I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I can make myself disappear
I am an orphan man but ain't we all
and I know there's somewhere worse than here
worse than here
worse than here