Beautiful Mistake

I think this song is about someone who was forced to grow from a child into a man when his father left him (and his mother, and possibly other siblings). It details a confrontation between the man and his fatheb, who has returned and attempted to be a part of his life now. The man feels so much resentment, anger, and frustration about his father's selfish act that he feels it is too late and tells the fathep, "No don't say a word/Leave while you still can."

Kevin wrote this song as a story er whatever. It happened to a friend of his when he was growing up and he decided to write a song. He enjoyed doing that because he said, "It gives you a chance to see the world from a different point of view."

i downloaded this song by mistake.....its pretty good though. i can't stop singing it

This song is one of BTE's best. It's not as great as At the Stars, but it is far more emotional and hits the heart in compleltly different way. Kevin is a great lyricist, and this shows his talents with ease.

this song is the story of my life.my father left exactly after our youngest brother was born.we grew up fatherless and motherless at some point, even.it may have been the hurt that makes you cautious towards dealing with other people.but it also is the same hurt that makes you stronger.a beautiful mistake indeed. on a side note,i am happy that better than ezra is not in the mainstream anymore because i can listen to then and i knew i may be the only one,or a part of a few listening to them.makes their music more intimate, as much as it is beautiful.

exactly, it's about a father leaving the family... this song would've perfect in this one episode of grey's anatomy! but, ya, the singer struggles with knowing that the person standing him/her is his father at the same knowing that calling him father couldn't be further from the truth.. i love the lines: i hear her say, you'd make your father proud it echoes through the years as if i could forget all a mother's tears i love BTE songs because they're always explore the grey, the shade between this emotion and that emotion, n this seems exploring the shade between the NEED, the WANT to have that father figure in his life while at the same time, resenting that he was never there, and not being able to forgive to forget "all a mother's tears"..

I love this song. It makes me cry every time. I'm sure that a lot of people can relate to the song, the loss of a father figure, the loss of your childhood innocence due to it, and the animosity that builds up inside of you from it. Waiting for this day Well I memorized the things I'd say How you broke her when you disappeared How I hear her say, "You'd make your father proud." It echoes through the years As if I could forget all a mother's tears No, don't say a word Leave while you still can Put out your light That part of the song just gets me every time. Thinking of the confrontation scenario so many times in your mind that you practically have it all memorized but then "No, don't say a word" In my mind that's him saying that he never actually says all that he has been wanting to say in his head for so many years. Such a sad song but really beautiful. This entire album from BTE is great.

One of Kevin's "not me" stories where he discusses life from an alternative persons point of view. I think this ones pretty easy to interpret The father left. And the first person has to struggle with becoming an adult with the realization that they're the beautiful mistake left behind.