Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Whether I'm right or wrong
There's no phrase that hits
Like an ocean needs the sand
Or a dirty old shoe that fits
And if all the world was perfect
I would only ever want to see your scars
You know they can have their universe
We'll be in the dirt designing stars
And darlin' you know
You make me feel so beautiful
Nowhere else in the world I wanna be
You make me feel so beautiful
Whether I'm up or down
There's no crowd to please
I'm like a faith without a clause to believe in it
And if all the world was smiling
I would only ever want to see your frown
You know they can sail away in sunsets
We'll be right here stranded on the ground
Just happy to be found
You make me feel so beautiful
Nowhere else in the world I wanna be
You make me feel so beautiful
I have lost my illusions
I have drowned in your words
I have left my confusion to a cynical world
I am throwing myself at things I don't understand
Discover enlightenment holding your hand
You are
So beautiful
Yeah darlin' you know!
That you make me feel so beautiful
There's no phrase that hits
Like an ocean needs the sand
Or a dirty old shoe that fits
And if all the world was perfect
I would only ever want to see your scars
You know they can have their universe
We'll be in the dirt designing stars
And darlin' you know
You make me feel so beautiful
Nowhere else in the world I wanna be
You make me feel so beautiful
Whether I'm up or down
There's no crowd to please
I'm like a faith without a clause to believe in it
And if all the world was smiling
I would only ever want to see your frown
You know they can sail away in sunsets
We'll be right here stranded on the ground
Just happy to be found
You make me feel so beautiful
Nowhere else in the world I wanna be
You make me feel so beautiful
I have lost my illusions
I have drowned in your words
I have left my confusion to a cynical world
I am throwing myself at things I don't understand
Discover enlightenment holding your hand
You are
So beautiful
Yeah darlin' you know!
That you make me feel so beautiful
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'And if all the world was perfect I would only ever want to see your scars'
This song is perfect. Despite the imperfections a person has.... they are totally disregarded when it comes to loving someone. You put that aside and see the positive in someone.
So beautiful.
It's simply so beatiful Darren in his third album seems to be happy, calm and in love with life more than ever. I believe ''the tension and the spark'' album helped him for that. Although I live in Canada I downloaded the song when it first came out in australia and I'm trying to get my friends hear it because I'm sure they'll like it
It's simply so beautiful Darren in his third album seems to be happy, calm and in love with life more than ever. I believe ''the tension and the spark'' album helped him for that. Although I live in Canada I downloaded the song when it first came out in australia and I'm trying to get my friends hear it because I'm sure they'll like it
yeah its a really good song isnt it? i liked it the very first time i heard it =) i really love the lyrics.
Self-explanatory, so beautiful.. =D
a very sweet song! this, and "Darkness", are great songs. the lyrics are very sweet!!
I think it's Darren coming out to the light again after being in the "dark" for a while (not musically, I loved the Tension and The Spark!). According to his words, this song is about how we are and how we feel when we see through that "priviledged point of view": being in love. How beautiful life is in those magical moments.
no darren hayes you are beautiful ..... haha. i love him.
I hope putting it on the Savage Garden greatest hits album will help Darren Hayes recover.
I think Spin tried to prove he could go on without Savage Garden and he tried a little too hard. So Beautiful and Tension in the Spark have put him back on track.
I love this song because it is just like the old, very innocent and very pure Darren who used to write the most amazing of love songs. He said recently that he feels that his signature serenades and love songs would be back because he has found someone in his life whom he feels this way about. I cannot wait, and although I loved the very deep, brooding feelings of TATS, this upcoming cd is going to be amazing. Almost perhaps, coming full circle. Not that I hope this is his last cd, by any means! Anyways, this song is very simple and gorgeous, but the lyrics are so carefully chosen and placed so that it sounds so so so heartfelt and candid. Almost as though it just poured out of him, these feelings for this special person.