It Doesn't Have to Be Beautiful
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CD single - UK - 1st edition. |
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It Doesn't Have to Be Beautiful is a twee pop song by Slow Club. It was first released as a single on 2009-06-22 with a demo version of Wild Blue Milk as the B-side. It was then as track 4 on the album Yeah So on 2009-07-06.
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Personal
I was a little indifferent to this song when I first heard it on Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist, but I liked it enough to give it a second chance. However, after listening to it several times, it became one of my favorites. There is something about the light-hearted beat that really puts a spring in my step. The repetition of the two syllables at the beginning of each new verse is fun, the video is very active and playful, and it's a blast to sing along. I especially like the rapid-fire lyrics in the chorus. The actual theme of the song is a sad and messy breakup, but you can't really tell from how happy and cheery sounding the song it.
Lyrics
She said the sleepers on tracks have woken up It's the end of the line I guess our luck is up It was fun while it lasted cause nothing ever does Love has lost its meaning and it was wasted on us In the electrical storm you were running wild You had a death wish you were a child I came to bearing a lightning bolt If you came back as the deep sea, I would come back as the salt It's like your head is stuck in a tightening vise Your ears are deaf to your friends' advice Because you know that your heart will never be full It doesn't always have to be beautiful Unless its beautiful Okay leave now leave now if you just can't stay Because there's nothing worse than somebody pretending away The years of their youth they will never get back So I'll go home and practice the traits you said I lacked Like listening to the thunder of your heart And how with every other beat we grew further apart Love is always going to be hard to you both Never thinking that you'll ever love anyone else as much But it's ugly, it's ugly now yeah I know But you never give things enough time to grow It's like driving through a carnival It doesn't always have to be beautiful Unless its beautiful Baby I know it's over Tell me (please) wait 'til you're sober Now we know it's true The waiting never quite felt like waiting When the waiting was with you Baby I know it's over Tell me (please) wait 'til you're sober Now we know it's true The waiting never quite felt like waiting When the waiting was with you So let me tell you tell you a thing or two About how to survive when there is a me and a you It's awful, it's gruesome, it's something, it's cruel Forever you will ask God if this happened to you 'Cause I'm always thinkin', thinkin' about where you are Who you're with and if your mind is far From what we do when we're alone (Hey!) Love is too much for me and now the wall needs to grow So when your head stuck in a tightening vise Your ears are deaf to your friends' advice Because you know that your heart will never be full It doesn't always have to be beautiful Unless its beautiful Baby I know it's over Tell me (please) wait 'til you're sober Now we know it's true The waiting never quite felt like waiting When the waiting was with you Baby I know it's over Tell me (please) wait 'til you're sober Now we know it's true The waiting never quite felt like waiting When the waiting was with you
Media
Album Art
Single cover.
Videos
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeah_So - Wikipedia page for Yeah So.
