Beautiful Things

Album

Fireworks & Rollerblades

Label

Warner Music

Genre

Pop rock

Media Type

AC

Duration

3:01

Composer(s)

Benson Boone;Jack LaFrantz;Evan Blair

Entered Chart

Feb 3, 2024

Peak Date

Mar 30, 2024

Released

January 18, 2024

"Beautiful Things" is a pop-rock ballad where Benson Boone contemplates life's unpredictable nature and the fear of losing the beautiful things he cherishes. Boone thanks God for the gifts he has received while hoping his current happiness will endure. The chorus encapsulates the emotional core of the song as he pleads to the heavens. Please stay I want you, I need you, oh, God Don't take These beautiful things that I've got The song explores the universal fear of impermanence. It confronts the fragility of happiness, the fleeting nature of time, and the constant shadow of loss that looms over even the most beautiful moments. Boone wrote "Beautiful Things" with Jack LaFrantz and the song's producer Evan Blair. The Toronto native Evan Blair has also worked with the likes of Nessa Barrett ("I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead"), Dove Cameron ("Boyfriend") and Anne-Marie ("Sad Bitch"). After teasing the song on TikTok and Instagram, Boone released it on January 18, 2024, through Night Street Records and Warner Records. By that date, the previews had amassed over 130 million views on social media. In the "Beautiful Things" music video, Boone and his band perform on a mountaintop. Boone's choice of a mountain for the visual isn't accidental. The soaring heights reflect the song's yearning for permanence, and the treacherous slopes remind us that happiness is fraught with impermanence.

For a while there it was rough
But lately, I've been doin' better
Than the last four cold Decembers I recall
And I see my family every month
I found a girl my parents love
She'll come and stay the night, and I think I might have it all
And I thank God every day
For the girl he sent my way
But I know the things he gives me, he can take away
And I hold you every night
And that's a feeling I wanna get used to
But there's no man as terrified as the man who stands to lose you

Oh, I hope I don't lose you
Mmm
Please stay
I want you, I need you, oh God
Don't take
These beautiful things that I've got

Please stay
I want you, I need you, oh God
Don't take
These beautiful things that I've got

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Please don't take

I found my mind, I'm feelin' sane
It's been a while, but I'm finding my faith
If everything's good and it's great, why do I sit and wait 'til it's gone?
Oh, I'll tell ya, I know I've got enough
I've got peace and I've got love
But I'm up at night thinkin' I just might lose it all

Please stay
I want you, I need you, oh God
Don't take
These beautiful things that I've got

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Please stay
I want you, I need you, oh God
I need
These beautiful things that I've got