Lyric discussion by avarchiel 

Cover art for Beauty Mark lyrics by Rufus Wainwright

where did you get that his mom doesn't like what he writes? this song was one of his oldest (it was on his first demo), and i watched a documentary on him a long time ago where his mom was a frequent guest in the interviews - and she always kept saying really positive things about his songs, even going so far as to say that she couldn't pick a favorite one because she liked them all (although she really adored this song, as well as "poses").