The Voodoo That You Do Wont Make Me Fall In Love With You

One of the most entertaining songs on "Boogie Man Blues" is also one of the most personal.

"The Voodoo That You Do Won't Make Me Fall In Love With You" sounds like an old blues tale. It has harmonica, brass, tambourines, dirty guitar solos, shrieks, and soulful vocals that feels like it wandered out of a Mississippi recording studio sometime around 1935.

People laugh when they hear it.

They're supposed to.

They also quickly start singing along.

But like many blues songs, there's a deeper story hiding beneath the dark humor.

The inspiration came from real experiences involving two former relationships that left a lasting impression on me.

One relationship involved a woman who repeatedly contacted me after we had broken up. At one point, she told me she had spoken with a psychic who assured her that I would eventually come crawling back to her.

The message was clear.

Someone was telling her exactly what she wanted to hear.

Another relationship involved someone who became increasingly vindictive after things ended. The relationship was a constant struggle I could no longer handle. I actually have recordings where she stated that her new purpose in life was to destroy mine. And she certainly tried. False accusations, manipulation, attacks from different angles, tragedies and events, and attempts to create chaos became part of the experience.

Both situations made me think about something larger.

Why do some people believe they can force love?

Why do some psychics tell clients what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear?

Why do some practitioners offer rituals, spells, manifestations, curses, bindings, reunions, and promises that interfere with another person's free will?

As someone who has worked professionally in the spiritual field since 2006, I've seen this side of the industry more times than I can count.

People become heartbroken.

They become desperate.

Then someone offers a shortcut.

A ritual.

A spell.

A curse.

A promise.

"Don't worry. They'll come back."

"You'll have them wrapped around your finger."

"They'll love you again."

"Leave it to me."

The problem is that real love doesn't work that way.

Love isn't possession.

Love isn't control.

Love isn't manipulation.

Love isn't forcing another human being to feel something they don't naturally feel.

If someone has to perform a ritual to make another person love them, then what they are creating isn't love at all.

It's obsession.

It's attachment.

It's fantasy.

And often it's false hope.

That's where the song came from.

I wanted to write something that felt like an old blues story while also poking fun at the idea that someone could magically override another person's heart.

The opening phone call from the psychic is based on those experiences.

The strange omens throughout the song—the bleeding dove, the dead deer, the mysterious witch in the forest—represent all the spooky signs and coincidences people often associate with curses and spiritual attacks.

Yet through all of it, the narrator remains unmoved.

The response never changes.

"The voodoo that you do won't make me fall in love with you."

The line becomes both a chorus and a declaration.

A refusal to surrender free will.

A refusal to be manipulated.

A refusal to participate in emotional control disguised as spirituality.

By the end of the song, the humor gives way to the real message.

"In case you're wondering, I hung up that damn phone."

And perhaps the most important lyric of all:

"Don't ever give power to curses. It has more to do with their negative energy than yours."

That line summarizes much of what I've learned after decades investigating paranormal phenomena, working with people in crisis, and witnessing how fear affects human behavior.

Fear feeds fear.

Obsession feeds obsession.

Negativity feeds negativity.

The moment we hand our power over to those things, they grow.

The moment we stop feeding them, they begin to lose their influence.

At its heart, "The Voodoo That You Do Won't Make Me Fall In Love With You" isn't really about curses.

It's about personal sovereignty.

It's about boundaries.

It's about recognizing manipulation for what it is.

And it's about understanding that authentic love can never be forced.

Real love arrives honestly.

Without spells.

Without rituals.

Without threats.

Without control.

Anything else isn't love.

It's just voodoo.

And that voodoo won't make me fall in love with you.

**"The Voodoo that you do" is the 4th track on the debut album "Boogie Man Blues" by 515 Collective out now on Amazon and Apple Itunes for digital download. Also special Digipak Limited Edition Cd designed by Christopher Fleming available on Amazon, Ebay and Spinney Media. Order today!

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