Beauty by Tegan and Sara

From the Red Demo Tape


woke up with beauty in my bed
and isn't it sad how
we don't know it's beauty until it's dead

and it's beauty that I knew so well
but she wasn't doin too well
well

I just wanna go someplace
where no one knows my name
and I don't have to explain
no I don't have to retain
that I lie to myself or protect myself
for the benefit of myself

I want power in my words
I want passion in my eyes
and when I wake up
I want life to be a surprise

and I guess that I didn't know it all along
and I guess that I never guessed
that I'd ever guess wrong (guessed wrong)

and I set myself up everytime you leave (everytime you)
to destroy the things I've got
for the things I need

each conversation separate from themselves
separates good from bad
and they never want what you got
until it's up for grabs
and then they want what you have
they want what you have

well I just wanna go someplace
where no one knows my face
and I don't have to explain
and no, I don't have to retain
that I lie to myself
that I protect myself
for the benefit of myself

I want power in my words
I want passion in my eyes
and when I wake up
I want life to be a surprise

and I guess that I didn't know it all along
and I'll never guess that
I'd ever go ahead and guess wrong (guess wrong)

and I set myself up everytime you leave (everytime you)
to deny the things I love
for the things I need
for the things I need

I want to break through
to break through
oh I want one thing
I wanted to come through
oh to come true

I want passion in my eyes
I want power in my words
and when I wake up
I want life to be a surprise

and I never thought
that I'd wake up
and be starving for you

no I never thought
that I'd wake up and I'd be hungry
I'm hungry for you

to break through to break through
I want one thing I wanted to come through
ah, to come true

I want power in my words
I want passion in my eyes
and when I wake up
I want life to be a surprise

and I guess that I didn't know it all along
and I'll never guess that
I'd ever go ahead and guess wrong

oh I want to break through
to break through
I want one dream I've dreamed for
to come true
to come through

oh I set myself up
every time you leave

to destroy the things I've got
for the things I need
to destroy the things I love
for the things I've seen

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Beauty
• Red
• Demo
• Tape
• Tegan
• Sara

[berriblossom]

gosh. i love you. whoever you are putting these up, your fantastic... i've never heard half these songs so clearly, i generally only get bad recordings... where did you get the red demo and the pay day demo?

[USofL]

a friend gave me play day and i found the red demo online

[ImagineBIG]

I like these lyrics alot

great song =]

thanks for all the great demos, i love em!

[USofL]

I agree... awesome lyrics

[damiensomen]

i wish so badly there was a tegan and sara movie on their life i would also line up for that all my love goes out to them and their faithful followers :) lol

[thosedaysinpunk]

their should be a movie on their music and their lives

i would totally line up for that

[TeganQuinLove]

@realpinkfan its tegan :)

[CourtneyOlesonTandS]

I'm 100% sure it's Sara, the con and sainthood are the only records where they sing back up vocals for each other. So the vocals as well as the back up vocals are Sara's.

[PartyPartyAFTERPARTY]

I have "Power in my words, Passion in my eyes" tattooed on the inside of my wrists. <3

[PartyPartyAFTERPARTY]

@DiscardedHarmony I was just saying this last night. I completely agree. I wish there were a better quality version of this song out there. I have "Power in my words/Passion in my eyes" tattooed on my wrists. <3

[Sagatiaej]

if freedom was music than love is a canvis with Tegan and Sara in the center.. Love them forever

[DiscardedHarmony]

i like their older songs better than their new ones... a lot better.

[2facednerd]

love this song. love their sound :]

[Dawnina77]

Thank you sooo much for posting this song. I have been feeling complacent lately and just ...blah, trying to figure myself out. I have thrown myself into Tegan and Sara songs and have never heard this song before, and it perfectly sums up how I feel. I cried and I love it and THANK YOU!

[baloobubble]

@justintimberlake123 3

[realpinkfan]

yes I also think it's Sara, because of this nasaly sound of her voice

and the way the voice gets so strong in some spots, but that again could also be Tegan...