Diamonds Don’t Burn

[Verse 1]

Left the body by the seaside

Took the 1 Express to the West Side

Strapped myself in the backseat death ride

Farm to table Nitroys Oxide

Giving all the head you want

Making all the bread to live

Making all the braed you want

Giving all the head you give

[Verse 2]

Caught up with the jewel appraiser

Me shock collar you be [?]

Everybody loves my inflatable blazer

Shaved his legs with two light sabers

Giving all the head you want

Making all the bread to live

Making all the braed you want

Giving all the head you give

[Pre-Chorus]

Wading through flooded markets

I bathed in flowers and shame

Union men tore down the station

Holding their torches to flame

[Chorus]

Diamonds don't burn

The data don't line up

I told you to shine up

We both know the damage was earned

Diamonds don't burn

[Verse 3]

We sent the patsy for the playback

You take the lead I think I'll stay back

Find a couple conversions to hi-jack

How'd you like to trade your thumbs for thumb-tacks

Giving all the head you want

Making all the bread to live, yeah

Making all the braed you want

Giving all the head you give

[Pre-Chorus]

Swimming in through submerged apartments

I breathed the pathos and lead

Walk-ons and principles blending

She looks so good infra-red

[Chorus]

Diamonds don't burn

The data don't line up

I told you to shine up

We both know the damage was earned

Diamonds don't burn

I can hide the design

Before the day returns

Diamonds don't burn

[Bridge: Iggy Pop]

And that music is so powerful

That it's quite beyond my control

When I'm in the grips of it

I don't feel pleasure and I don't feel pain

Do you understand what I'm talking about?

Have you ever felt like that?

When you couldn't feel anything

And you didn't want to either

It's like that

[Outro]

I can hide the design

Before the day returns

Diamonds don't burn