I was sure that flesh caused sorrow And bones were just the crutches for the callow And the hopeless romantics Who reveled in their superstitions I couldn't be convinced that love's not primitive Or set aside for rebels, fools and total savages That rejected the sharpened edge of our new heritage Beauty, Beauty could save the world The whole damned world Beauty, Beauty could save the world The whole damned world Beauty could save the world I was paid to break the martyrs' charm Made to expose the hoax that they were ever sons of god Thieves and frauds I hid evidence that could ever prove me wrong To blind to see that I was nearly all machine Till underneath my hand you were suffering Bleeding, pleading for my life not your own Beauty, Beauty will save the world The whole damned world Beauty, Beauty will save the world The whole damned world Beauty will save the world Beauty, Beauty will save the world The whole damned world Beauty, Beauty will save the world The whole damned world Beauty will save the world