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You’ve got to hand it to her … when it comes to putting together meaningful, impactful collaborations, Christina Novelli has all the right instincts. With her latest, ‘Beautiful Lies’, she’s teamed up with Bo Bruce, and it’s hard to imagine another singer with whom she shares more common ground. Discover on other services: Christina and Bo grew up somewhat in the UK spotlight and in 2012 enjoyed near overnight success, Bruce as the season 1 finalist on The Voice and Novelli, of course with the unforgettable, ‘Concrete Angel’. Now, together, they’ve pooled that affinity to spin some ‘Beautiful Lies’. If you were expecting something lighter-weight than Christina’s last release (the emotionally slaying ‘Leaving Me’ with ‘Monster’-singer, Sarah de Warren), best guess again! Their song mulls a love-on-life-support, where half- truths have indeed tipped over into ‘Beautiful Lies’. “You say you want the truth, but the truth hurts”, sings, Christina, while Bo counters “you’ve been burning me”, “I’ve been burning you” but “I keep on coming back, ‘cause it’s all I know”. A testament to their lyric-writing abilities, the duo manages to seed a first-listen catchiness into ‘Beautiful’s intricately involved song. Propelled floor-ward, by its pulsing bass and sky-kissing synths. Lyrics Why am I always running, running When all I do is dive in dive Yeah, you think that you know me But there’s a pain that you can’t see Noone understands how my mind works You say you want the truth but the truth hurts Even if it’s all just pretend now I’m never getting off this carousel I can tell you everything’s ok While the world is going up in flames It’s so beautiful I tell you all these beautiful Lies No-one ever really wants the truth So, there’s only one thing I can do Tell you beautiful All these little beautiful Lies Beautiful lies I keep telling all these little beautiful lies I gave you a heart said we’d make a home Lit up all the walls and we watched ‘em glow We could cry an ocean through But you been burning me, and I’ve been burning you I see all the embers grow Keep on coming back ‘cause it’s all I know We been burning holes in us Still we’re holding on to some dangerous Lies #christinanovelli #BoBruce
