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

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

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

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
Oh ooh, even diamonds start as coal
Yeah, we're incomplete and infantile
Even diamonds start as coal

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

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
Oh ooh, even diamonds start as coal
Yeah, we're incomplete and infantile
Even diamonds start as coal, oh


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Diamonds and Coal Lyrics as written by Brandon Charles Boyd Benjamin Lee Kenney

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    "If it’s good to instigate than we’re a fast horse, bet on us. I’m not calling you an animal I think we just fight too much."

    These lines are awesome, Brandon Boyd shows that even a simple conversation can turn into an arguement.

    But I think the meaning of the song is pretty straightforward, it's about a some people in a relationship who fight too much. Boyd makes the metaphor that their relationship is like coal that will later turn into a diamond.

    "Give it time girl, the fire feels divine. The sweetest things they burn before they shine."

    • this means that their relationship will be strengthened by the fighting. every couple fights, but over time their relationship will become strong and beautiful like a diamond.

    I know I explained it in a pretty corny way, sorry.

    gandhidogon December 01, 2006   Link

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