Today you are beautiful.

We slept far too long,
And I wake only reluctantly
From a dream far too dark.
And I can hardly remember
The once familiar gestures,
Or how the words go again—
The ones that tell us everything is alright.

Once I was clever,
Today you are beautiful.
Behind us, things are burning.

We stand in wonder before the ruins
Of a good old time,
And we recall with admiration
That sense of indestructibility
Our lives once seemed to have,
And how simple everything felt
When we still knew far too little.

Once I was clever,
Today you are beautiful.
Behind us, things are burning.

When you smile, the future
Loses all its terror.
When you cry, all sorrow
Is dissolved within your tears—
And whoever cries is never wrong,
And who smiles the way you do?
That is something I failed to see
For far too long.

Once I was clever,
Today you are beautiful.
Behind us, things are burning.