Beauty Seen in Solitude

from Ben and Schuyler by Blind the Thief

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I'm looking down at people
Each one passing me by
It's as if no one cares
But then who the hell am I?
I've read in all your holy books
That someone takes the lead
Someone fights the battle
While another succumbs to greed
But I feel like that leaves out
People like me and her
Confusion's not an adjective
But it's the closest word
And beauty's not the same
Without her by my side
But the view still is pretty
I'll take it all in stride

I'm looking down at people
For my friends who were coming today
Maybe they've found something better
They all have gone away
So I'm staring at my hand
Where there once lay a golden fist
But now that fist has dissipated
Into a lonely mist
And I'm left alone
Yeah, I'm the only one
And a beauty seen in solitude
Is a beauty seen by none
And I can't take a picture
Of this knowing in my head
So all these beautiful thoughts
They'll all die when I am dead

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from Ben and Schuyler, released December 20, 2012

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Blind the Thief Los Angeles, California

Ben and Schuyler started playing music together at age 14 in Portland, OR.

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