Sad & Beautiful World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by brio 

Cover art for Sad & Beautiful World lyrics by Sparklehorse

The song is about love and that makes the person experiencing it conflicted because he/she feels for the first time the complexity of a love that is beautiful for its purity and yet makes him/her sad because it makes him/her feel vulnerable at the same time. If one has never been the object of pure love then one can always be in control of one's emotions. Control equals safety and that sometimes passes for contentment. Love is chaos and creates conflict. It causes one to feel beautiful (especially if it's the first time one has been the object of unconditional love) and vulnerable because it exposes one to the possiblility that feelings can (and do) flow both ways. It's almost impossible to feel the love of someone and not be conflicted by that emotion.