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Lightweight
Too straight no reaction
I don't care if I'm not in fashion
I will follow you
I will follow you
Its hearts up heads down puddle of red wine
You get back up and you face the crime
I will follow you
Something in me almost breaks but I wait
(I'm sinking in my skin)
Yeah, I wait
(My heart is wearing thin)
'Cuz I'm looking for something beautiful
You cut me up and you make me bleed
A sad stained heart hanging on my sleeve
I'll still follow you
I will follow you
And you say look up look up look all around you
Can't you see the love that surrounds the very soul of you
Something in me almost breaks but I wait
(I'm sinking in my skin)
Yeah, I wait
(My heart is wearing thin)
'Cuz I'm looking for something beautiful
And I wait
(For it to go right in)
Don't come all day
(My heart is wearing thin)
That I fall upon something beautiful, something meaningful
You still your soul, I'll risk it all
Your fearless beauty breaks your fall
Something in me knows there's something more
And it's so close I wanna run, but I wait
(I'm sinking in my skin)
And I wait
(My heart is wearing thin)
'Cuz I'm looking for something beautiful
And I wait
(For it to go right in)
And I wait
(My heart is wearing thin)
That I fall upon something beautiful
Something beautiful, something meaningful
Something beautiful, something beautiful
| treehugger | Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 09:27 FluorideFreeMN wrote: Sadly, I have to agree. This song was a dandy, but the only standout from this album. As mentioned below, her "The Burdens of Being Upright" CD has some really good material. |
| :+:_DL (RVA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 11:46 terrapin52 wrote: That's some horrible crap right there, bo. I ain't lyin' "something beautiful, something meaningful" Something very different than this song |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Jan 27, 2013 - 12:28 coding_to_music wrote: THIS IS A Great Song! ![]() |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 18:54 This is a great song: http://www.google.com/search?q=Euphoria+-+Anyone+Can+Lose+(With+Tracy+Bonham) |
| The_Enemy (...is within) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 18:52 Her work is inconsistent but here's another two songs I recommend from her "The Burdens of Being Upright" CD. "Mother Mother" and "Navy Bean" |
| Captain_Nickles (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 20:30 FluorideFreeMN wrote: Thanks you guys. Been a long time RP listener/supporter, but this was my first time hearing this tune. My M.O. would be to go get more of this artist, but I'll stop at "Something Beautiful" based on your leg work! Thanks. Sadly, I have to agree. This song was a dandy, but the only standout from this album. |
| dsd (PDX) | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 10:55 This is one of the songs that hooked me on Radio Paradise. |
| FluorideFreeMN (Land of Sky Blue Waters) | Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 18:17 BikeCoachDave wrote: I think this song is a gem. And by that I mean i discovered it on RP, gave it a 9, and have searched the Tracy Bonham catalog for others, but have found only rocks. Great song, but for me its a one-off from this artist. Have yet to hear another from her I cared for. Sadly, I have to agree. This song was a dandy, but the only standout from this album. |
| dingleberry | Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 19:32 Right, right, turn off the lights We gonna lose our minds tonight |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 19:27 So good, so wonderful |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 20:08 I was pleased when she left her opening voice register and found her 'real' voice |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, TX) | Posted: May 05, 2012 - 03:31 That's some horrible crap right there, bo. I ain't lyin' |
| BikeCoachDave (Columbia, Ky.) | Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 06:54 I think this song is a gem. And by that I mean i discovered it on RP, gave it a 9, and have searched the Tracy Bonham catalog for others, but have found only rocks. Great song, but for me its a one-off from this artist. Have yet to hear another from her I cared for. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 10:33 Moving this up to 8 which it deserves...must have been in a bad mood on the first listen. |
| jnesser | Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 15:27 LOVE this song. |
| Foot (NorCal / Wine) | Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 19:08 calypsus_1 wrote: ![]() tracy bonham by ~kmdailey Karin Dailey ©2005-2010 ~kmdailey TRACY BONHAM COPLEY PLAZA - July 2005 In that pose looks a lot like KT Tunstall, also a good singer/songwriter. |
| salzburg4321 (Salzburg, Austria) | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 13:34 Very nice |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 06:44 I like it - and I even checked out the lyrics. Nice! ;^) |
| michaele (A2) | Posted: Jun 05, 2011 - 06:00 So sweet |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: May 25, 2011 - 06:11 Ahhhhhhh, that hit the spot... |
| Det (Lower Saxony Germany) | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 08:37 the E guitar is not simply an instrument it is rather a body alike body formed itself in space and time this represents a relationship with you same with the E Bass Guitar sane teaching the some bodys to renew a clue in music and also for those who do not want to have a thing to do with it the shape of it appears male or female so this may be hypothesis that an instrument developed by a makers mind and even with a moral training a schoolarship could be tremendous awesome or not at all the pupil expertises flaw and flow like alice in a fairy dealing the little to less invention what - the first and often a virgin anoysence of touching frails could mean .these days a BBC broadcasting event ... of rather selfs or made with the philosophies of adhearend any pupil dreams ..of a river that runs dry and therefore matters an awfull boredom pretending to have moral and knowledge of the stealthy circumstances - while listening to it. the instrument liquouered in colors of some radiance later on it vanished in the spheres an consequently the statistic is with the one who is to find a measureable price in it all if sane or not sane music live on blog or unblog the informational world maybe for me and my daughter.. |
| diannemck56 (Sacramento) | Posted: May 20, 2011 - 09:51 I love this tune. It always makes me stop what I'm doing so I can give it my full attention. |
| Kimberly8 (Washington, DC) | Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 20:38 Bosami wrote: Some songs just make you stop and pay attention. This is one for sure. Love it. I agree. Makes the heart stop a bit before going on. |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 13:12 fredriley wrote: whathesaid. |
| cirruss (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 21:33 Why doesn't this song end? |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 07:10 passsion8 wrote: So, it's 11:52 here in the NY suburbs, and I've been sitting in my backyard with my iPhone headphones playing RP for over 40 minutes. I'm wondering if I should've instead gone to the Tracy Bonham show down in Manhattan this evening rather than opting to park myself in a chair, with mosquitoes circling, to search the heavens for the just past-peak Perseid meteor show. She's probably on stage right now & I have a sheet wrapped around me to stave off the feeding frenzy. It's getting cooler and damp. Where are the shooting stars? Am I too late? Are they over? Not one? I hate second guessing my decisions. I crane my neck skyward. My arm is going numb from the awkward position needed to keep the sheet from unravelling. I am losing faith in the moment. Suddenly, a streak of cosmic dust blasts across the sky in a long, but fading blaze of light - just as "Something Beautiful" begins playing. I smile slowly. Her lyrics say, "But I wait I’m sinking in my skin And I wait My heart is wearing thin ‘Cause I’m looking for Something beautiful" Saw one. Something beautiful. I'm done. Time for bed. Thanks Tracy. Maybe next time. Thanks RP. Thank God. SLAP!! |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Nov 17, 2010 - 07:57 Really like this...very nice harmonies. |
| unclelonghair | Posted: Nov 17, 2010 - 07:55 Ok, this song is officially stuck in my head. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 13:23 This song is something beautiful. ; ) I'm surprised it only rates a 6.9. |
| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 15:08 Fine |
| weez (Lexington, KY) | Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 15:16 great. just great. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 19:17 ![]() tracy bonham by ~kmdailey Karin Dailey ©2005-2010 ~kmdailey TRACY BONHAM COPLEY PLAZA - July 2005 |
| passsion8 (over the hills and far away) | Posted: Aug 13, 2010 - 21:24 So, it's 11:52 here in the NY suburbs, and I've been sitting in my backyard with my iPhone headphones playing RP for over 40 minutes. I'm wondering if I should've instead gone to the Tracy Bonham show down in Manhattan this evening rather than opting to park myself in a chair, with mosquitoes circling, to search the heavens for the just past-peak Perseid meteor show. She's probably on stage right now & I have a sheet wrapped around me to stave off the feeding frenzy. It's getting cooler and damp. Where are the shooting stars? Am I too late? Are they over? Not one? I hate second guessing my decisions. I crane my neck skyward. My arm is going numb from the awkward position needed to keep the sheet from unravelling. I am losing faith in the moment. Suddenly, a streak of cosmic dust blasts across the sky in a long, but fading blaze of light - just as "Something Beautiful" begins playing. I smile slowly. Her lyrics say, "But I wait I’m sinking in my skin And I wait My heart is wearing thin ‘Cause I’m looking for Something beautiful" Saw one. Something beautiful. I'm done. Time for bed. Thanks Tracy. Maybe next time. Thanks RP. Thank God. SLAP!! |
| nerakdon (Colorado) | Posted: Jun 22, 2010 - 00:25 Sounds like she's developed more range and depth. Pleasant surprise. |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 07:55 I think Tracy and Poe must have gone to different schools together. |
| Bridieboo (Halifax, NS) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 04:56 Inamorato wrote: Fantastic news! Can't wait to hear it. |
| Inamorato (Twin Cities) | Posted: May 05, 2010 - 15:15 mrmonkey wrote: Is she still making music? A new album, Masts of Manhatta, is supposed to be released this summer. |
| bbHappy (39.991323, -105.261375, elev. 1654m) | Posted: May 05, 2010 - 15:06 fishogynist wrote: Stevie Nicks? Don't insult Tracy like that! |
| fishogynist (Less felizy bits of Los Feliz) | Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 10:44 Stevie Nicks? |
| mrmonkey (Ottawa) | Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 10:43 Is she still making music? |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 10:41 Some songs just make you stop and pay attention. This is one for sure. Love it. |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 12:49 Great song. |
| Curley24 (Orcutt, California) | Posted: Jan 17, 2010 - 14:48 Wonderful song for a wet and cold day in California. |
| deepwoodskev (In a town west of Chicago) | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 09:45 That opening guitar always makes me think "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is starting. |
| jenakle (Tallahassee, FL) | Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 04:54 Bridieboo wrote: This song is beautiful. I remember when I first heard her song 'Mother Mother' - one of the few songs that just grab you at the first listen and make you say "WOW!!!!" Yeah, I really have to work to hear that same girl in this one. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 10:24 handyrae wrote: Since you asked — no I can't sing. I mean, I REALLY can't sing. I took voice lessons as a girl, and they barely made a dent in my horribly off-key pitch. Which is one of the reasons I never tried to make my living as a singer. What difference on earth does it make to the fact that I don't particularly like this song? There are plenty of songs I like and a lot that I love. I don't see the correlation between my inability to sing and my ability to know what music I like and don't like. Since I've established that I can not sing, does that mean the praise I've given to other artists is invalid? Don't sweat it. We all know what "paulmack" is all about. |
| deepwoodskev (In a town west of Chicago) | Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 10:18 Never heard of her before, but I kind of like this. Especially the chorus. Why? I don't know. |
| handyrae (Zero Point Field) | Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 13:04 paulmack wrote: You sound jealous. Do you sing? For that matter - what DO you do? How good are you at that, whatever it is? Good enough for national recognition? If so, why haven't I heard of you? Or do you use your real name when you go up for all your awards? I guess you can tell I doubt you are at the level you would require of singers to be above your criticism. Must be some kind of freakin' expert or something. PS: I am not a Tracy B fan - I just don't like your snottiness. Since you asked — no I can't sing. I mean, I REALLY can't sing. I took voice lessons as a girl, and they barely made a dent in my horribly off-key pitch. Which is one of the reasons I never tried to make my living as a singer. What difference on earth does it make to the fact that I don't particularly like this song? There are plenty of songs I like and a lot that I love. I don't see the correlation between my inability to sing and my ability to know what music I like and don't like. Since I've established that I can not sing, does that mean the praise I've given to other artists is invalid? |
| kerryn (Naperville, IL) | Posted: Oct 01, 2009 - 18:35 Ever since I saw Tracy Bonham support the Blue Man Group (I had never heard of her before that) she has become one of my favorite artists. While this song is not a 9 or 10, it has still become one of my all time favorites. I'm always happy to here this! A firm 8. |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Sep 13, 2009 - 18:49 ![]() |



