Diamond

by The Guilts

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Diamond

My old friend
You stalk the streets
With your shoulders hunched into your haircut
And when we meet we shake hands
And our eyes flick
Looking for a fair fight
I am weak
This I know
I have fixed one weakness with another
I have given up a friend and a habit
And taken a lover
She’s a lover and a friend
But both are set to end
I’m sitting in the kitchen
Watching the timer
She was yours before
But she’s nobody’s anymore
No body, but her own
Just like a diamond

There is black
And there is white
In between are many shades of blue
When you want one thing and feel another
It steals a part of you
There are birds
That live in threes
And use songs to guard their territories
If you’re tired of what’s happening
Between us
It isn’t worth your worry
Because she gives herself away
She’s the father and the bride
She wears those rings in order to remind her
That she was yours before
But she’s nobody’s anymore
No body, but her own
Just like a diamond

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released October 4, 2014
Written by Gabriel Piras
Arranged and performed by The Guilts
Produced by Adam Casey and The Guilts
Recorded and mixed by Adam Casey at True Vine
Mastered by Adam Dempsey at Jack The Bear's Deluxe Mastering
Art by Ben Howe

Players:
Adam Casey, Ed Farrar, Andrew Howe, Duncan McBride, James Naughtin, Gabriel Piras, Raquel Williams

© The Guilts 2014

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