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Beautiful

Release date: 1st June 2023

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About This Track

‘Beautiful’ by Sam Smith is a 2023 track that speaks from a bruised, self-protective place, turning insecurity and shame into a defiant refrain. The lyrics move through everyday uncertainty, panic, and the sting of other people’s words, before insisting, with repeated resolve, that “words can’t bring me down”. It is less a love song than a self-soothing one, using vulnerability as the starting point and stubborn self-belief as the destination.

"Beautiful" is a single by Sam Smith, released 1st June 2023. The track is 4:10 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Sam Smith.

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Lyrics

Beautiful

Everyday is so wonderful
Then suddenly it's hard to breathe
Now and then I get insecure
From all the pain
I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone, left the puzzle undone
Is that the way it is?

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down
So don't you bring me down today

No matter what we do
No matter what we say
We're the song inside the tune
Full of beautiful mistakes
And everywhere we go
(And everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine
(The sun will always, always shine)
And tomorrow we might wake on the other side

Oh we are beautiful no matter what they say
Words won't bring us down, no
We are beautiful in every single way
Words can't bring us down
So don't you bring me down today
So don't you bring me down today

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4:36
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4:38
Latch (BBC Proms At The Royal Albert Hall)BBC Proms At The Royal Albert Hall
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