Beautiful Pain

Album: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Charted: 67 99
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  • I can feel the heat risin'
    Everything is on fire
    Today is a painful reminder
    Of why we can only get brighter
    The further you put it behind ya
    But right now I'm on the inside
    Lookin' out, 'cause

    I'm standin' in the flames
    And it's a beautiful kind of pain
    Settin' fire to yesterday
    Find the light, find the light, find the light
    Standin' in the flames
    And it's a beautiful kind of pain
    Settin' fire to yesterday
    Find the light, find the light, find the light

    Yesterday was the tornado warning
    Today's like the morning after
    Your world is torn in half
    You wake in its wake to start the morning process
    And rebuilding, you're still a work in progress
    Today's a whole new chapter, it's like an enormous ass, uh
    Thunderstorm has passed ya
    You weathered it and poked its eye out with the thorn bush that ya
    Used to smell the roses, stopped to inhale, can't even tell your nose is stuffed
    So focused on the bright side, then you floor the gas pedal
    And hit the corner faster, more assertive
    Never looking back, may hit the curb
    But every day's a new learning curve as you steer through life
    Sometimes you might not wanna swerve but you have to
    To avert a disaster, lucky, no permanent damage
    'Cause they hurt you so bad, it's like they murdered your ass
    And threw dirt on your casket, but you returned from the ashes
    And that hurt that you have, you just converted to gasoline
    And while you're burning the past, standin' at inferno and chant

    I'm standin' in the flames
    And it's a beautiful kind of pain
    Settin' fire to yesterday
    Find the light, find the light, find the light
    Standin' in the flames
    And it's a beautiful kind of pain
    Settin' fire to yesterday
    Find the light, find the light, find the light

    You're so familiarized with
    What having to swallow this pill is like
    It happens all the time, they take your heart and steal your life
    And it's as though you feel you've died
    'Cause you've been killed inside
    But yet you're still alive which means you will survive
    Although today you may weep 'cause you're weak and
    And everything seems so bleak and hopeless
    The light that you're seeking, it begins to seep in
    That's the only thing keepin' you from leapin' off the motherfreakin' deep end
    And I'm pulling for you to push through this feeling
    And with a little time that should do the healin'
    And by tomorrow you may even feel so good that you're willing
    To forgive 'em even after all that shit you been put through
    This feeling of resilience is building and the flames are burning
    Quick as fire would through this building, you're sealed in
    But you're fireproof, flame retardant, you withstood it
    And as you climb up to the roof, you're just chillin'
    You look down 'cause you're so over 'em
    You could put the heel of your foot through the ceilin'

    As time passes, things change everyday
    But wounds, wounds heal
    But scars still remaining the same
    But tomorrow, today's goin' down in flames
    Throw the match, set the past ablaze

    So feel the fire beneath your feet
    As you barely even perspire from the heat
    Exhale deep and breathe a sigh of relief
    And as you say goodbye to the grief
    It's like watching the walls melt in your prison cell
    But you've extinguished this living hell
    Still a little piece of you dies as you scream

    I'm standin' in the flames
    And it's a beautiful kind of pain
    Settin' fire to yesterday
    Find the light, find the light, find the light
    Standin' in the flames
    And it's a beautiful kind of pain
    Settin' fire to yesterday
    Find the light, find the light, find the light

    I feel the burn, watch the smoke as I turn
    Rising, a phoenix from the flames
    I have learned from fighting fights that weren't mine
    It's not with fists, but with wings that I will fly

    And I'm standin' in the flames
    And it's a beautiful kind of pain
    Settin' fire to yesterday
    Find the light, find the light, find the light
    Standin' in the flames
    And it's a beautiful kind of pain
    Settin' fire to yesterday
    Find the light, find the light, find the light Writer/s: Edgardo Resto, Emile Haynie, Marshall Mathers, Sia Furler
    Publisher: ME GUSTA MUSIC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Thamsanqa Mbanje from ZimbabweYou know years have passed on but its still my favorite song from Eminem.
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