Beauty and the Beast – English Lyrics

• By: Ariana Grande, John Legend
• Album: N/A

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the enchanting tale of 'Beauty and the Beast' through Ariana Grande and John Legend's soulful rendition. This updated classic offers a chance to explore themes of inner beauty and love's transformative power, all while enjoying the vocal talents of two modern music icons. Dive in and let this timeless story inspire a deeper understanding of love and acceptance.

[English]

(gentle music)

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Tale as old as time ♪

♪ True as it can be ♪

♪ Barely even friends ♪

♪ Then somebody bends ♪

♪ Unexpectedly ♪

♪ Just a little change ♪

♪ Small to say the least ♪

♪ Both a little scared ♪

♪ Neither one prepared ♪

♪ Beauty and the Beast ♪

♪ Ever just the same ♪

♪ Ever a surprise ♪

♪ Ever as before ♪

♪ Ever just as sure ♪

♪ As the sun will rise ♪

♪ Oh whoa ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Oh oh ♪

♪ Ever just the same ♪

♪ And ever a surprise, yeah ♪

♪ Ever as before ♪

♪ And ever just as sure ♪

♪ As the sun will rise ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Tale as old as time ♪

♪ Tune as old as song ♪

♪ Bittersweet and strange ♪

♪ Finding you can change ♪

♪ Learning you were wrong ♪

♪ Certain as the sun ♪

♪ Certain as the sun ♪

♪ Rising in the east ♪

♪ Tale as old as time ♪

♪ Song as old as rhyme ♪

♪ Beauty and the Beast ♪

♪ Tale as old as time ♪

♪ Song as old as rhyme ♪

♪ Beauty and the Beast ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Beauty and the Beast ♪

♪ Beauty and the Beast ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tale /teɪl/ B1	noun - a story, typically a traditional one
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
bends /bendz/ B1	verb - shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	noun - the act or instance of making or becoming different verb - make or become different
scared /skeərd/ A2	adjective - afraid; frightened
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ B1	noun - the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind
beast /biːst/ B1	noun - an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one
surprise /sərˈpraɪz/ B1	noun - an unexpected or astonishing event, fact, or thing verb - cause (someone) to feel surprised
sure /ʃʊər/ A2	adjective - confident in what one thinks or knows; having no doubt that one is right
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star that provides light and heat to Earth
rise /raɪz/ A2	verb - to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling position noun - an increase in size, amount, number, or level
tune /tjuːn/ B1	noun - a melody, especially one that characterizes a particular piece of music
song /sɔːŋ/ A1	noun - a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung
strange /streɪndʒ/ A2	adjective - unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain
wrong /rɔːŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or true; incorrect
east /iːst/ A1	noun - the direction toward the point of sunrise at the equinoxes, on the left-hand side of a person facing north
rhyme /raɪm/ B1	noun - correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.