The song Beauty Is Within Us is performed by Yoko Kanno in the album named Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex in the year 2004 .
Oh mother dear
Look what you've done
To your forlorn and once beloved son
Why was I born at all?
Oh mother dear
I'm such a freak
A mutant man, a woman underneath
Why was I born at all?
It's you I blame for all the shame
This anguish and this aching
The mirror turned against the wall
Myself despised, forsaken
*You say, "Beauty is within us, your mother knows."
"There's a beauty that's within us, just like a rose."
You say, "Beauty is within us, so let it grow."
But it's grown so dark and ugly
Oh mother dear
I curse you so
For breathing life into your wretched son
Why were you born at all?
Oh mother dear
I love you so
Oh please forgive this anger in my soul
Without you I'm alone
It's me who's been eternally damned
Trapped inside this cage, a ruined man
All damaged and depraved
Oh mother dear
This misery
Has settled like a stain upon my skin
- a vast unspoken sin
And my mistake is much too late
But your mistake was trusting
That out of grief, a goodness comes
And love comes out of lusting
You say, "Beauty is within us, your mother knows."
"There's a beauty that's within us, just like a rose."
You say, "Beauty is within us, so let it grow."
But it's grown so dark I can not see you anymore
"Oh beauty is within us, mother knows."
"Oh beauty is within us, like a rose."
"Oh beauty is within us, let it grow."
"Oh mother dear, let me out of here!"
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
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