Take it off now girl, take it off now girl/
I wanna see inside.
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight.

“Beneath Your Beautiful” is a classic guy/girl duet sung by Labrinth and Emilie Sande. He sees her as beautiful. He sees her reject all the guys probably because it makes her feel good to do it. But that won’t scare him away. He is going to get to know her…underneath her beautiful.

She sees him constantly dropping girls and she doubts he’d even know how to quit if he wanted to, but she too sees something within him and “wants to see beneath you beautiful.”

“See Beneath Your Beautiful” is about two people who want to see the real insides of each other, not just the public personae that is available that we present to the world. For some people who have crafted their public image or look so perfectly that beauty is difficult to see past. The contrast in the voices adds to the song. Sande is an up and comer (if she’s not already there) and her voice blends well with Labrinth’s.

Lyrics Beneath Your Beautiful

You tell all the boys no
Makes you feel good, yeah.
I know you’re out of my league,
But that won’t scare me away oh no.
You’ve carried on so long,
You couldn’t stop if you tried it.
You’ve built your wall so high,
That no one could climb it.
But I’m gonna try.

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful?
Would you let me see beneath your perfect?
Take it off now girl, take it off now girl,
I wanna see inside.
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight?

You let all the girls go,
Makes you feel good, don’t it?
Behind your Broadway show,
I heard a voice say please don’t hurt me.
You’ve carried on so long,
You couldn’t stop if you tried it.
You’ve built your wall so high,
That no one could climb it.
But I’m gonna try.

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful?
Would you let me see beneath your perfect?
Take it off now boy, take it off now boy,
I wanna see inside.
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight?
Oh, tonight.

See beneath, see beneath,
I Tonight I

I’m gonna climb on top your ivory tower,
I’ll hold your hand and then we’ll jump right out.
We’ll be falling, falling
But that’s okay.
Cause I’ll be right here
I just wanna know.

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful?
Would you let me see beneath your perfect?
Take it off now girl, take it off now girl,
Cause I wanna see you say:
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight?
Tonight, see beneath your beautiful.
Oh tonight, we ain’t perfect, we ain’t perfect.
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight?

Songwriters: Emeli Sande / Mike Posner / Timothy Mckenzie