Diamonds in your hand Songtext

von Neutral Milk Hotel

Nothing left for me
In this temple devastated
Weaving destiny,
Image easily created
On the icon cold
In the freezing breath of fear
Everything foretold
Seems to be so deadly near
Is it not enough
For my soul ripped and vanished?
Misery and love
All inside destroyed and vanished
You remain the same
Just like time has stopped forever
I forgot your name
But I can't forget you...
"So read my lifebook to the end
And draw my death on yellow sand
And build an altar on the shore
And bring me flowers... nothing more
And stand alone in candlelight
And pray for wisdom night by night
And then you'll see nightmares and dreams
That slip across the bloody streams
And Goddess' tears and Demon's eyes
That burn like flame but cold like ice
So...take the diamonds from his heart
And throw them into streams of blood..."
Wisdom, talk to me...
Bloody drops reflect your features
You could never be
So alive and so religious
In the secret place
You can keep your priceless treasure
Sorrow on your face...
Sign of tragedy and pleasure...
You can laugh and play
Drowning in the dancing water
You can melt away
Calling from the Empty Quarter
Diamonds in your hand
Shining like the Goddess' tears
Everything must end
Everything must disappear...
"I've got your soul so depressed
I'll soon come back to take the rest
Last diamond falls into the sea
There's really nothing left for me
The broken altar, flowers dead
The Goddess' laughter, Demon sad...