Beautifool

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"**Beautifool**" is a song new to the remaster of *The Haunting and the Powerful*, released on January 14, 2022. This is the final track of the remastered album, after "Feel Heart Love", which is the final track on the original version of the same album.

A unique element to the song is the grandfather clock chime, which is heard embedded in the riff occasionally, including in the very first verse and in the outro. "Beautifool" is split into three distinct parts or cantos—"Beautifool", "Life Is Unfair", and "No Love" being the aforementioned outro. The song, released exactly three months before the 12th anniversary of Peter Steele's death, is a commemoration to him. It details experiences with Type O Negative, a la "Hey Pete" and Kenny Hickey, as well as about hate turning idiotic.

## Lyrics

**[Canto I. "Beautifool"]**

These are my hands

not cheap imitations

I'm just a fan

the same breed as you scumbags

I'm no Green Man

I'm not trying to be him

To understand

you must flee from the folly

Singing Hey Pete

you left us all lonely

But they blame me

for the pieces left standing

Screaming "Kenny

have a look at this poor thief"

But they hate me

aren't you beautiful

Beautifool

Beautifool

The pioneer

An ocean to rivers

To sink or swim

Dominantly floating

No replacement

the highest of respect

Taken abrupt

His gift emanating

Singing Hey Pete

you left us all lonely

But they blame me

for the pieces left standing

Screaming "Kenny

have a look at this poor thief"

But they hate me

aren't you beautiful

Beautifool

Beautifool

**[Canto II. "Life Is Unfair"]**

So call me pathetic

A total rip off

Call us what you want

you defensive little cunts

Show me

the gatekeepers

The talentless bums

Keyboard warriors that

get off in mom's basement

Woe

I can't believe you're dead

We can't believe you're dead

Life is so unfair

Woe

I can't believe you're dead

We can't believe you're dead

Life is so unfair

Burn me

with igneous words

Your false knowledge

If you want the truth then

do your own research

Stake me with

complete ignorance

Misplaced arrogance

But the blood that runs

is negative just as yours

Woe

I can't believe you're dead

We can't believe you're dead

Life is so unfair

Woe

I can't believe you're dead

We can't believe you're dead

Life is so unfair

**[Canto III. "No Love"]**

"I bet this really pisses you off

But we ain't going nowhere."

## Personnel

* **Tom Noir** – vocals, bass, keyboards, organ, writing, engineering, mixing, mastering, production
* Doug Lane – guitar
* Tyler Fleming – drums, percussion, writing, arranging

2. "Volatile"
3. "Trinity"
4. "Alpha Omega"
5. "Exhume"
6. "Silicon"
7. "Deep Woods"
8. "Vertebra Seraphim"
9. "Feel Heart Love"
10. "**Beautifool**"

1. "Tombstones"
2. "Burn"
3. "Spellbound"
4. "Little Drummer Boy"
5. "Symmetry"
6. "Black Light"
7. "Lavender"
8. "The Veil"
9. "Her Dark Embrace"
10. "Cauterize"

1. "Fate"
2. "Windows"
3. "Reverence (Make You Love)"
4. "Effigy"
5. "Wine"
6. "Persephone"
7. "Serendipity"
8. "Wanderlust"
9. "Cradle the Monster"
10. "Wisteria"
11. "Sistinas"
12. "Proverbs"
13. "Goodbye Black Bird"
 ***Letters to Existence***

1. "Spring"
2. "Endless Lonely"
3. "A Halo Hung from Horns"
4. "Forever Haunt"
5. "Deja View"
6. "Summer to Autumn"
7. "Clench"
8. "Tourniquet"
9. "For Honor"
10. "Flash Paper Matches"
11. "She's Gone"
12. "Winter"

* "Pictures of Matchstick Men (RIPeter)"
* "Lips Like Sugar"
* "Wicked Game"
* "Race War"
* "Cry Little Sister"
* "Love You to Death"
* "Crimson and Clover"
* "Nights in White Satin"