# Understanding lyrrics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-lyrrics/204268>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 28, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-lyrrics/204268 "2003-09-28T08:01:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![optimystique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b38774/32.png) [@optimystique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/optimystique)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-lyrrics/204268/1 "2003-09-28T08:01:58Z")

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I’m an idiot when it comes to understanding lyrics… can someone please explain to me the lyrics of Sarah Brightman’s “Beautiful” :

If you can depend  
On certainty  
Count it out and weigh it up again  
You can be sure  
You’ve reached the end  
And still you don’t feel

Do you know you’re beautiful  
yes, you are

If you can ignore  
What you’ve become  
Take it out and see it die again  
You can be here  
So who’s a friend  
And still you don’t feel

Innermost thoughts  
Will be understood  
And you can have all you need

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-lyrrics/204268/2 "2003-09-28T08:22:37Z")

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Never heard of Sarah Brightman or “Beautiful”, but:

If you think anything’s set in stone, think again, because nothing is a sure thing.

You aren’t as ugly as you think, but if you take a bunch of LSD you won’t care anyway. 😕

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-lyrrics/204268/3 "2003-09-28T12:58:41Z")

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**optimystique** , questions about music and movies belong in the Cafe Society forum. I’ll move this for you.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator