I had a beautiful, beautiful time
The drives and the talks were amazing
The kind of friend I though I'd never find
I had a beautiful, beautiful time

You have a beautiful, beautiful smile
The way it curls and collapses on your lips
And when you touch me I shake like a child
It's late, I'm afraid you might leave

'Cause sometimes it seems like you still don't believe me
There's nothing I can do to concentrate
It's so distracting always thinking of you
So I expose and explain and I meant everything that I said

And it's moments like this that repeat and replay in my head
When I'm laying in bed

It's a beautiful, beautiful time
As you laugh and roll onto your stomach

The carpet embraces your design
My heart pounds as I lay by your side
And I find that I am unable to hide
All these feelings that flow
In this basement and in this dim light
You look so beautiful
I'm unsure and unclear with the words that I say
I'm happy when you are near and I wish that forever could stay
Just like today

You have beautiful, beautiful eyes
So bright and alive and enchanting
I want to be with you all of the time

It's hopeless but I have to try


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Puella Quam Amo Est Pulchra Lyrics as written by Conor Oberst

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    so really jailbait, you could say that ille puer. quem amas, pulcher est?

    also obviously the meaning of the title is cleared up now but in case anyone's reading this discussion & getting confused about the grammar points: the reason that 'quam' is an accusative relative pronoun is that, whilst the puella is the subject of the main clause ("puella est pulchra"), she's the object of the subordinate clause (if you like, she's the, er, object of his loving). basically, he's saying "puellam amo. puella pulchra est.", so the 'quam' is referring back to the puella & agrees with it in gender and number.

    it's probably tricky to understand at first because we're so lazy with 'who' and 'whom' in english.

    a-level latin, baby!

    anyway, i think this song is ace; not in the same all-consuming sort of way that i did when i first heard it and i was all young & impressionable, but i still think it's a solid song. (and as for the meaning, it is probably about a girl whom he loves who is beautiful)

    plasticflowerson January 12, 2007   Link

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