According to a short-form video posted to the Aesthetic Perfection Instagram account, ‘Beautiful’ was written in 2002, and was originally scrapped from Close to Human.
The song was finished, played live for the first time, and released in 2025 as the lead single for the re-release of Close to Human...
(I didn't look under the floor because I wasn't sure if it was real or not
But now I know, it is real.)
[Verse 1]
Walk around the hole that's in your heart
Emptiness inside
You're tearing all that's left apart
You are denied
A promise broken
Words unspoken
Cut apart my face
Seeing is believing
Your eyes deceiving
We are all disgraced
[Chorus]
I wish I was beautiful like you
It means everything to me
And if I do the things you do
Will it change me?
I wish I was beautiful like you
It means everything to me
And if I do the things you do
Will it change me?
[Verse 2]
Looking down the hole that is my life
Such an empty place
Something's wrong and I don't know why
If only I could change
If this confusion
Is my delusion
Then it means anything
I want to feel like it matters
But my failure remains
[Chorus]
I wish I was beautiful like you
It means everything to me
And if I do the things you do
Will it change me?
I wish I was beautiful like you
It means everything to me
And if I do the things you do
Will it change me?
Beautiful was written by Daniel Graves.
Beautiful was produced by Daniel Graves.
Aesthetic-perfection released Beautiful on Fri Mar 21 2025.