“Diamonds and Coal” is the ninth track on Incubus' sixth studio album, Light Grenades, and is about a prickly couple hoping that they will get better with time.
[Verse 1]
If it’s good to complicate then both of us are doing fine
Just keep your eyes on your part and leave me alone to mine
If it’s good to instigate we’re a fast horse, bet on us
I’m not calling you an animal
I think we just fight too much
[Chorus 1]
Come on, in spite of this we’re doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
[Verse 2]
We’re both aligned in frame of mind, but circumstance has got us good
And now you’re seeing a side of me I wished no one ever would
Yeah, if it’s right to pick a fight, we’re fingers in a sugar bowl
Love isn't perfect
Even diamonds start out as coal
[Chorus 2]
Come on, in spite of this we're doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
Even diamonds start as coal
We're incomplete and infantile
Even diamonds start as coal
[Bridge]
Give it time girl, the fire feels divine
The sweetest things
They burn before they shine
We think way too much
Look at us losing touch
A promise is a promise until...
[Chorus 2]
Yeah, in spite of this we’re doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
We're incomplete and infantile
Even diamonds start as coal
Diamonds and Coal was written by Ben Kenney & Mike Einziger & José Pasillas & Chris Kilmore & Brandon Boyd.
Diamonds and Coal was produced by Brendan O’Brien.
Incubus released Diamonds and Coal on Tue Nov 28 2006.