Bethany Dillon Album: The Beautiful Sessions - EP Track: Beautiful
Beautiful Lyrics
I was so unique Now I feel skin deep Count on the makeup to cover it all Crying myself to sleep Because I cannot keep their attention Thought I could be strong But it's killing me
Does someone hear my cry I'm dying for new life
I want to be beautiful And make you stand in awe Look inside my heart And be amazed I want to hear you say Who I am is quite enough Just want to be worthy of love And beautiful
Sometimes I wish I was someone other than me Fighting to make the mirror happy Trying to find whatever is missing Won't you help me back to glory
You make me beautiful You make me stand in awe You step inside my heart And I am amazed I love to hear You say Who I am is quite enough You make me worthy of love And beautiful
'I wrote this song following a series of talks with my youth group about what it is to be a woman-how we reflect God's glory and what our hearts desire most. "Beautiful" was both easy and tough to write. Easy because I fight those battles almost every second-"Am I enough? Do they think I'm beautiful?" - tough because it was almost shameful to admit those are often my thoughts and fears. Though it's not something neatly packaged that I can cure, my heart is deeply burdened to just be in the struggle alongside women... to feel vulnerable together... to win the battles together... to finally come to understand that we are intensely pursued by the Strong and Rescuing Jesus-what we have wanted all along.' - Bethany Dillon
