“Diamond Lightning” is the third track from Minus the Bear’s fifth full-length album Infinity Overhead, released in 2012.
The song is about a “high-school acid trip”, as described by vocalist Jake Snider on the band’s 2013 UK tour. It describes several visits to the fictional Colson Bridge.
We all go down to Colson Bridge
It's where they say all that magic is
Over that dried up riverbed
Blocked by boulders at both ends
We all go down to Colson Bridge
Where we ended and we began
Infinity overhead
And I whisper, are you listening?
Liquid concrete under our feet
Trippin' on the constellations we see
Diamond lightning
Seeing where seams are sewn in
We all go down to Colson Bridge
Met Lucille for the first time again
Canyon walls became the audience
Time becomes irrelevant
All go down to Colson Bridge
To be wedded to our accidents
Liquid concrete under our feet
Trippin' on the constellations we see
Diamond lightning
Seeing where the seams are sewn in
Liquid concrete under our feet
Trippin' on the constellations we see
Diamond lightning
Seeing where the seams are sewn in
Diamond lightning
Diamond lightning
Diamond Lightning was written by Minus the Bear.
Diamond Lightning was produced by Matt Bayles.
Minus the Bear released Diamond Lightning on Sat Apr 28 2012.