Adam Guettel — The Beauty Is (Reprise) lyrics

Lyrics

Here, she fell
It seemed to take forever for her to fall
You know in those moments
When momentous things happen
So slowly
I reach
Like these paintings in the old tradition
There’s a figure reaching out in them like so
And to me it is the most familiar tableau
I know
So much wanting something
So much reaching for it
So much wishing just to have one moment back
So much being patient
So much blind acceptance
I know
No, I don’t know
A mother here in Italy
A mother here alone
I thought if I had a child
I would take such care of her
So much reaching for it
So much holding breath and keeping fingers crossed
Watching over my
My little lost
Clara!
If I could
Then I would paint it over
I would be there and I woldn’t turn away
If I only had a chance to not turn away
And the beauty is
And the beauty is
The beauty is