You're Beautiful
by James Blunt
Album: Back to Bedlam
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The first time I heard this song, I was enthralled with this man's voice. The story behind the song "You're Beautiful" is one that lived in my skinny dream fantasies when I was in my 20's. Many women have the same fantasy, and some actually get to live it.
The story goes, cute guy sees you from across a crowded room. He doesn't know you, and you don't know him, but the moment he lays his eyes on you he is in love. But, alas, it is a forbidden love because you are either with someone else, or you are betrothed to wed the son of your parent's accountant. The guy is aching to be with someone as beautiful and unattainable as you.
The lyrics in "You're Beautiful" that capture this essence:
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
This might be bold to say, but I think that EVERYONE has at one point in their lives the fantasy of locking eyes across a crowded room and falling in love with their soul mate. It is so Danielle Steele, but yet we guzzle it up like shots on "get drunk" night at the local bar.
