Switchfoot - Story Behind The Song “Beautiful Life” — Transcript

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1. 0:00Beautiful Life is [music] a song that
2. 0:02attempts
3. 0:04to be present to
4. 0:06the bittersweet moment [music]
5. 0:07that we're in right here, right now.
6. 0:10No matter how much money you have or
7. 0:12don't have or what dreams or fears you
8. 0:15are living out, [music] I feel like
9. 0:17there's always this mixture of day and
10. 0:21night, this mixture of joy and pain. I
11. 0:24think Beautiful Life is an attempt to
12. 0:26wrap its arms around that juxtaposition.
13. 0:29I don't [music] have what I want, but I
14. 0:30have what I need. The moment I achieve
15. 0:33the thing I wanted, I can instantly find
16. 0:35something new to want. [music] For me,
17. 0:37the lyric I don't have what I want, but
18. 0:39I have what I need sums up a realization
19. 0:42that I had this past year. I'm still
20. 0:45trying to live it out. The illusion
21. 0:47is that if only this would happen, then
22. 0:50I could enjoy [music] the beautiful
23. 0:51life. I feel like that's a lie. I feel
24. 0:53like it is not the case. The beautiful
25. 0:56life is not [music] in acquisitions or
26. 0:58possessions, but in providing your
27. 1:01presence to the moment and to the people
28. 1:03around you. I hope people hear and feel
29. 1:06[music]
30. 1:07the call to the ones they love in this
31. 1:10song, Beautiful Life. That they would be
32. 1:12reminded about the fact that none of
33. 1:15this lasts.
34. 1:16No one lasts. That the moment we have
35. 1:19right now is precious.