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Artist: The Cure
Canonical path: /the-cure/how-beautiful-you-are
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How Beautiful You Are
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How Beautiful You Are
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You want to know why I hate you?
Well I'll try and explain
You remember that day in Paris
When we wandered through the rain
And promised to each other
That we'd always think the same
And dreamed that dream
To be two souls as one
And stopped just as the Sun set
And waited for the night
Outside a glittering building
Of glittering glass and burning light
And in the road before us
Stood a weary greyish man
Who held a child upon his back
A small boy by the hand
The three of them were dressed in rags
And thinner than the air
And all six eyes stared fixedly on you
The father's eyes said: Beautiful
How beautiful you are
The boy's eyes said
How beautiful
She shimmers like a star
The child's eyes uttered nothing
But a mute and utter joy
And filled my heart with shame for us
At the way we are
I turned to look at you
To read my thoughts upon your face
And gazed so deep into your eyes
So beautiful and strange
Until you spoke
And showed me understanding is a dream
I hate these people staring
Make them go away from me
The father's eyes said: Beautiful
How beautiful you are
The boy's eyes said
How beautiful she glitters like a star
The child's eyes said nothing but a mute and utter joy
And stilled my heart with sadness
For the way we are
And this is why I hate you
And how I understand
That no-one ever knows or loves another
Or loves another
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