You’re beautiful so silently
It lies beneath a shade of blue
It struck me so violently
When I looked at you

But others pass, they never pause
To feel that magic in your hand
To me you’re like a wild rose
They never understand, why

I cried for you
When the sky cried for you
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter

But this life was not for you
Though I learned from you
That beauty need only be a whisper

I’ll cross the sea for a different world
With your treasure, a secret
For me to hold

In many years they may forget
This love of ours or that we met
They may not know how much you meant to me

I cried for you
And the sky cried for you
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter

But this life was not for you
Though I learned from you
That beauty need only be a whisper

Without you now I see
How fragile the world can be
And I know you’ve gone away
But in my heart you’ll always stay

I cried for you
When the sky cried for you
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter

But this life was not for you
Though I learned from you
That beauty need only be a whisper
That beauty need only be a whisper

Written by Katie Melua
Published by Melua Music Ltd / Sony / ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd
From the album 'Piece By Piece'