Lies of the Beautiful People

Album: This Is Gonna Hurt (2011)
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  • Well this ain't no sideshow
    This is the great unknown
    This is the poison we take
    Yeah

    Outside the velvet rope
    Standing there all alone
    Are the grotesque and ashamed
    Yeah

    Well if you think real beauty's on the outside
    Well that's a far cry
    From the truth

    Maybe all the information you received
    Well you should not believe
    There's no proof

    Save yourself from all
    The lies of the beautiful people
    It's time to run
    From the lies of the beautiful people

    I feel so traumatized
    Doped up and televised
    Life can be cruel and insane
    Yeah

    But we've got these ugly scars
    On our infected hearts
    Maybe it's time for a change
    Yeah

    And if you think real beauty's on the outside
    Well that's a far cry
    From the truth

    Maybe all the information you received
    Well you should not believe
    There's no proof

    Save yourself from all
    The lies of the beautiful people
    It's time to run
    From the lies of the beautiful people

    Save yourself from all
    The lies of the beautiful people
    Just run and hide
    From the lies of the beautiful

    Save yourself from all
    The lies of the beautiful people
    It's time to run
    From the lies of the beautiful people Writer/s: Darren Jay Ashba, James Michael, Jon Lowrey, Nikki Sixx
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 2

  • Amy from Pensacola, FlLies of the Beautiful People was written by the same writer who was not given credit for The Beautiful People performed by Marilyn Manson & Beautiful performed by Christina Aguilera who wanted to tie the 3 songs together. The Beautiful People performed by Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue performed a cover of Helter Skelter by the Beatles in which the original version Charles Manson thought meant Armageddon was coming & this is partly where Marilyn Manson's stagename came from. Beautiful was written later and takes the idea from ELO's Don't Bring Me Down performed by Christina Aguilera. The writer met Nikki Sixx as a teen in '83. That teen is the real Amy Lee who is the founder of Evanescence, not Amy Lynn Hartzler.
  • Dave from San Antonio, TxThis song clearly copies "Pumpin' up the party" by Hanna Montana. Too bad Nikki's come to this. I only know this because my little kid watches Hanna Montana and he heard this song and noticed the similarities.
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