You’ve got to hand it to her … when it comes to putting together meaningful, impactful collaborations, Christina Novelli has all the right instincts. With her latest, ‘Beautiful Lies’, she’s teamed up with Bo Bruce, and it’s hard to imagine another singer with whom she shares more common ground.
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Christina and Bo grew up somewhat in the UK spotlight and in 2012 enjoyed near overnight success, Bruce as the season 1 finalist on The Voice and Novelli, of course with the unforgettable, ‘Concrete Angel’. Now, together, they’ve pooled that affinity to spin some ‘Beautiful Lies’.
If you were expecting something lighter-weight than Christina’s last release (the emotionally slaying ‘Leaving Me’ with ‘Monster’-singer, Sarah de Warren), best guess again! Their song mulls a love-on-life-support, where half- truths have indeed tipped over into ‘Beautiful Lies’.
“You say you want the truth, but the truth hurts”, sings, Christina, while Bo counters “you’ve been burning me”, “I’ve been burning you” but “I keep on coming back, ‘cause it’s all I know”. A testament to their lyric-writing abilities, the duo manages to seed a first-listen catchiness into ‘Beautiful’s intricately involved song. Propelled floor-ward, by its pulsing bass and sky-kissing synths.
Lyrics
Why am I always running, running
When all I do is dive in dive
Yeah, you think that you know me
But there’s a pain that you can’t see
Noone understands how my mind works
You say you want the truth but the truth hurts
Even if it’s all just pretend now
I’m never getting off this carousel
I can tell you everything’s ok
While the world is going up in flames
It’s so beautiful
I tell you all these beautiful
Lies
No-one ever really wants the truth
So, there’s only one thing I can do
Tell you beautiful
All these little beautiful
Lies
Beautiful lies
I keep telling all these little beautiful lies
I gave you a heart said we’d make a home
Lit up all the walls and we watched ‘em glow
We could cry an ocean through
But you been burning me, and I’ve been burning you
I see all the embers grow
Keep on coming back ‘cause it’s all I know
We been burning holes in us
Still we’re holding on to some dangerous
Lies
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