Every time he goes, she dies
Every time she comes, she cries

He was her long, bright future
In the middle of a wrong, dark road
He loved her, but he wasn't too sure
If he could return the love she showed
When she said, my love extends
Beyond the realm of being friends
He kissed her head
And quietly he said

It's not that you're not beautiful, you're just not beautiful to me
She said, how beautiful do I have to be?
When I look in the mirror, you're the only thing I see
And I have loved you beautifully

Well, ten thousand tears passed by
But she never let him see her cry
And he called up down one night
He said, let's get in the car and just drive

He talked a lot about loneliness
But why, she didn't know
And some song about Memphis
Was playing on the radio
She said, let's stop the car and slow dance
Won't you just give me a chance?
He took her hand
And hoped she'd understand

It's not that you're not beautiful, you're just not beautiful to me
She said, how beautiful do I have to be?
When I look in the mirror, you're the only thing I see
And I have loved you beautifully

Well, she'll burn that bridge
And build a house
And swallow the smoke in her mouth
She'll feel the burn
And then make the choice
To put the fire in her voice

It's not that you're not beautiful, you're just not beautiful to me
She said, how beautiful do I have to be?
When I look in the mirror, you're the only thing I see
And I have loved you beautifully


Lyrics submitted by JaimeHancock

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    Soo. I can relate to this song personally..

    I fell really hard for one of my now ex-guy friends. [his stupid step father won't let us be friends anymore.] I told him how I felt, he told me, "It's too hard to have a girlfriend right now." Hugged me, kissed the top of my head, and then said," Not now, maybe later." ...a Few days go by, I got in a fight with an ex girlfriend of his. Of course he stood on her side. and then he started dating some other chick. the day after the fight I had with his ex. Me and him made up as friends, We worked at a haunted trail together, he got me to start smoking.. Few months past, I know I spent over a 1000 dollars on the boy.. he maybe spent 30 dollars on me. It's my 16th birthday party.. he brings his at the time girlfriend down to my house, knowing I don't like her, but i was nice and told him he could bring her down anyways. Later that night I get a call from him saying he needed my help...again. I told him to walk down and we would talk about what was going on.. The girl had talked him into having unprotected sex and was freaking out about being pregnant. Well, we all knew she wasn't. But what can you tell a 16 year old girl raised in the south? who is VERY hard headed and controlling at that. Well, I was told the plan B pill was 50 dollars, I first told him I didn't have the money to bail him this time. and he better not let it happen again.. "Oh I won't." but dang how am I gonna do this? My brother said he'd only pay for half of it... Please do this for me, Laura. Fine, whatever. The next day we went to the mall, I gave him $30 dollars, i was told I would get it back, it's been over 4 months, I'll never get it back. So I'm moving on from him, even though he's still my neighbor. :[ I've found a really cool guy I'm liking so far. So we'll see what happens.

    But the meaning to me was you fall for the guy, who doesn't like you. he tells you he doesn't like you as much back, then you find hope, and start looking for someone else.

    Laura32594on July 12, 2010   Link

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