We Are Beautiful

from In the Rough, Volume Two: Vulnerable by Brian West

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Do you believe you are plain?
Do you still think on the many ways
You're doomed to suffer a life filled with pain
My life has been turned around,
Over and over and upside-down
Caught in a spin-cycle whirlwind of doubt

But the Truth has been given
To worm-eaten souls like our own
Say it over within you--
He is there when we feel all alone

'Cause we are beautiful; we are embraced by God
We are learning the difference between night and day
We are learning the value of the words we say
Is it twilight, or do we see the break of day?

Beauty is all in the eye;
This is our fear and our alibi
But when we feel ugly, what is God's reply?
Jesus has seen every scar;
Your best and your worst, He knows who you are
And He's reaching out to embrace your broken heart

'Cause His definition
Of beauty is different from ours
This is no competition;
In His eyes we all shine like the stars

'Cause we are beautiful; we are embraced by God
We are learning the difference between night and day
We are learning the value of the words we say
Is it twilight, or do we see the break of day?

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from In the Rough, Volume Two: Vulnerable, released April 26, 2017

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Brian West Johnson City, Tennessee

I'm a Christian. I ask questions. I write words and music.

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