"We Were Beautiful (Live)" lyrics - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN

I was blank as I could be
Hearing voices telling me
"Walk away from everything"
But where was I meant to go?
Far away from those I know
To some desolate below

We were in the uber scene
Where they grind the coffee bean
And the women are oblique
And the boys are paper thin
Ragged beards upon their chin
We were on the outside looking in

[Pre-Chorus:]
Rise above the present day
Rise above the popular melee
'Cause I see you the way you are
I see you, the star

[Chorus:]
We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful before the years came
And turned it upside down
We were beautiful before we got wise
We were beautiful with sky and blanket laying low

I am hanging on the line
I'm on duty all the time
I am your Samaritan on call
I will try my best to heal
All the emptiness you feel
In the giving, I will be alive

We were wrapped around our roots
Nothing on except our boots
We were intimate around the waist
We were settling our scores
We were healing over sores
We were living out the pleasures that we lost

[Chorus:]
We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful before the years came
And turned it upside down
We were beautiful for all of time and space
I will tell it to the sun and I will tell it to-

[Bridge:]
If you listen to the night
We can heard the madmen fight
Hear the foxes making out
But the people are immune
Sleeping silent in their rooms
Growing bodies with their sleep
Making plans inside their heads
Making love to shallow friends
Shallow friends
You are not too old to change
Happy only comes after the pain
Of you
And me

[Chorus:]
We were beautiful before the years came
And turned it upside down
We were beautiful before we got wise
We were beautiful with sky and blanket fading out
We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful before the years came
And turned it upside down (Turned it upside)
We were beautiful for all of time and space
I will tell it to the sun and I will tell it to your face (Tell it to your)

[Instrumental]

[Outro:]
Um, so how about we do a kind of older song?
(I Fought In a War)
Well, not that one, actually
That is one of our songs
(Woo!)
That we won't be playing tonight
(No!)
I know, I know