Beautiful – English Lyrics

• By: 10 Years

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the powerful message of "Beautiful" by 10 Years, a song that encourages a deeper look at what true beauty means. Through its direct and impactful English lyrics, you can explore themes of identity and societal pressure. This song is a great tool for language learners to engage with expressive vocabulary and understand how music can be used to convey strong social commentary.

[English]

Beauty over wisdom to fit in with their styles

Your Cinderella story's for a price

Vanity's a business built to fleece the unique

Silicone and stars collide, the rest will fall in line

Just as beautiful as you are

It's so pitiful what you are

You should have seen this coming all along

...

Visually, you're stimulating to my eyes

Your Cinderella syndrome's full of lies

Your insecurities are concealed by your pride

Pretty soon, your ego will kill what's left inside

Just as beautiful as you are

It's so pitiful what you are

You should have seen this coming all along (beautiful)

It's so pitiful what you are (pitiful)

As beautiful as you are (should have seen)

You should have seen this coming all along

...

You're everything that's so typical

Maybe you're alone for a reason

You're the reason

...

So pitiful is what you are

You should have seen this coming all along (beautiful)

Just as beautiful as you are (pitiful)

It's so pitiful what you are (should have seen)

You should have seen this coming all along (beautiful)

It's so pitiful what you are (pitiful)

As beautiful as you are (should have seen)

You should have seen this coming all along

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
beauty /ˈbjuːtɪ/ A2	noun - the quality of being physically attractive
wisdom /ˈwɪzdəm/ B2	noun - the ability to make good decisions based on knowledge and experience
style /staɪl/ A2	noun - a particular way in which something is done, created, or expressed
story /ˈstɔːri/ A1	noun - a description of real or imaginary events
vanity /ˈvænɪti/ B2	noun - excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements
stars /stɑːz/ A1	noun - celestial bodies visible in the night sky
collide /kəˈlaɪd/ B2	verb - to strike or crash into something
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to drop downward
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfʊl/ A2	adjective - pleasing to look at; attractive
pitiful /ˈpɪtɪfʊl/ B2	adjective - deserving sympathy because of sadness or inadequacy
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
coming /ˈkʌmɪŋ/ A2	verb (gerund) - approaching or arriving
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B1	verb - to accept something as true

Key Grammar Structures

• Silicone and stars collide, the rest will fall in line

  ➔ future simple with 'will' + base verb

  ➔ The phrase uses 'will' to indicate that 'the rest' **will** do something in the future.

• Your Cinderella story's for a price

  ➔ possessive pronoun 'your' + noun phrase

  ➔ Shows possession; 'your Cinderella story' refers to a personal or metaphorical story.

• Insecurities are concealed by your pride

  ➔ passive voice in present simple tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the passive voice to emphasize that 'insecurities' are being hidden by 'your pride'.

• It's so pitiful what you are

  ➔ relative clause describing 'what you are'

  ➔ The phrase 'what you are' functions as a relative clause providing more information about the subject.

• You should have seen this coming all along

  ➔ modal verb 'should' + perfect infinitive 'have seen'

  ➔ The phrase uses the modal 'should' with perfect infinitive to express regret or a missed expectation about a past action.

• Just as beautiful as you are

  ➔ simile using 'as' + adjective + 'as' for comparison

  ➔ This phrase employs a simile structure to compare the subject's beauty to itself, emphasizing its intensity.

• You should have seen this coming all along

  ➔ modal 'should' + perfect infinitive

  ➔ Uses 'should' with the perfect infinitive to indicate regret or a realization that something was obvious in the past.