Santa Esmeralda Only Beauty Survives
ONLY BEAUTY SURVIVES
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And so they bring down the curtain
Leaving an empty stage
Only the beauty survives
Fate with its eyes of stone
Simply looks away
Leaving its victims behind
Only beauty survives
In spite of a world gone crazy
Where even a friend is so hard to find
Only beauty survives
An innocent heart will conquer all
Including that heartless voyeur of time
She was the child
He was the face of man
And yet the beauty survives
Ashes to ashes
Everyone takes the stand
To face the personal trial
But only beauty survives
The buildings and bridges crumble
Whole empires go stumbling into the dust
Only beauty survives
The pointless battle for power rages
Only innocent love remains untouched
(musical interlude)
(guitar solo)
Only beauty survives
The facts and faces are soon forgotten
No trace or path is truly alive
Only beauty survives
Out of the hopeless and broken nations
Only a beauty that can't be touched survives
Only beauty...
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