Beautiful Things Lyrics
did I think things through
It was once my life -
it was my life at one time
my only name.
No one else sees but I got stuck,
and soon forever came.
Stopped pushing on for just a second,
then nothing's changed.
Who am I this time, where's my name
I guess it crept away.
And unpredictable won't bother anymore.
And silently gets harder to ignore.
Look straight ahead, there's nothing left to see.
What's done is done, this life has got it's hold on me.
Just let it go, what now can never be.
So many beautful things.
I forgot that I might need,
to find out what life could bring.
God won't waste this simplicity on possibility.
Get me up, wake me up, dreams are filling
this trace of blame.
Frozen still I thought I could stop,
now who's gone away
and unpredictable won't bother anymore.
and silently gets harder to ignore.
look straight ahead, there's nothing left to see.
what's done is done, this life has got it's hold on me.
just let it go, what now can never be.
can I change my mind
did I think things through
I love this song! It's so well written.
I don't know if she's committing suicide like someone said. I think she feels stuck in a rut and depressed in her life, probably in a long-term lifeless relationship. She's reflecting on how she got to the point in her life where she's so unhappy. But by asking herself "what now" she realizes that she just forgot to notice the beautiful things that surround her regularly.
Official word on this, at least from Dave Dresden, who helped create the best known version of the song, is
"'Beautiful things' is a real-life stoy about one of mavie's friend who got married at a young age to a successful man and they had kids. Mavie interpreted her situation into a song. it's a song about regret. a song about a someone who is not ready to settle down and be a housewife in the suburbs. it originally had very different lyrics and was called 'Annie'
When Mavie and David perform acoustic shows, she sometimes sings the original words as they are even more depressing and paint the picture of her friend's situation even better."
So can we stop with the suicide and drugs stuff now?
Would anyone happen to know where I could find the original lyrics?
Would anyone happen to know where I could find the original lyrics?
I think it's about making a choice, and wanting to know what would have happened if a different choice had been made.
it just makes me happy to be alive
For some reason this song reminds me of being in a dead end relationship with someone. But your heart is somewhere else. Sometimes being when your stuck down with someone you feel that this mihgt be it.
No one's calling for me at the door. And unpredictable won't bother anymore. And silently gets harder to ignore.
i think this part means, she might feel that no one wants her anymore. And having the feeling of surprise and unpredictability is not going to happen for her anymore. because she feels that this life may be all she has.
silently gets harder to ignore... she wants out. she recogonizes that shes in pain and needs to break loose.
beautiful tihngs could mean, a new love a new project a new something....
No one else sees but I got stuck, and soon forever came. Stopped pushing on for just a second, then nothing's changed.
she tried to keep going, to make this work but she realized that it won't.
This song seems like it's about a girl who commits suicide. After she did it and starts slipping away, she realizes everything that she'll be leaving behind.
i think this song could be about marriage
i agree with yasminalesandra.
yeah that!
To me it's about a girl who commits suicide and this is the after realization of what she has done.