Song of the Week (Week of October 3, 2010)

Even though today is Gwen Stefani's 41st birthday and I was really tempted to pick one of her solo songs or a No Doubt song as the song of the week, I decided to go with Kylie. This week's song is "Everything Is Beautiful," which is on her most recent album, "Aphrodite." This is actually one of the few songs on the album that Stuart Price had no hand in either producing or writing.

The vocals in it are spot on, and it perfectly showcases why I love Kylie so much: this song is all love and happiness. She sings "And if I lie with you long enough, I can see the things I'm dreaming of." It's really a very sweet thought. More importantly, there is nothing wrong in Kylie's world. It's all fun, music, dancing, and love. And that sometimes is very important in a song or in a musical artist in general. Sometimes when you're really sad or even really happy, all you need to hear is a sweet voice singing about the best part of life, with no worries or problems. Enjoy!



Beautiful
Beautiful

I'm losing my way in this night
Walking away from the light
Surrender will be my escape
Breaking the walls of my mind
I'm one step ahead of the truth
I hear what I want to hear, and I hear you

And if I lie with you long enough,
I can see the things I'm dreaming of
Let's go through the ritual
Until everything is beautiful (Beautiful)

Getting a taste for this high
For bending the rules of what's right
But fooling myself feels so sweet
Reality looks black and white
Pulling the ripcord I dive
It's a cardboard kingdom, but it makes me feel

That if I lie with you long enough,
I can see the things I'm dreaming of
Let's go through the ritual
Until everything is beautiful (Beautiful)

And now I'm traveling at such blissful speed
No need to think at this velocity
The things I feel begin to fade to black
Now I've burned my map and I won't go back

So if I lie with you long enough,
I can see the things I'm dreaming of
Let's go through the ritual
Until everything is beautiful (Beautiful)

And if I lie with you long enough,
I can see the things I'm dreaming of
Let's go through the ritual
Until everything is beautiful (Beautiful)