"Diamonds in the Mine" as written by and Leonard Cohen....
The woman in blue, she's asking for revenge
The man in white -- that's you -- says he has no friends
The river is swollen up with rusty cans
And the trees are burning in your promised land
And there are no letters in the mailbox
And there are no grapes upon the vine
And there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in the mine
Well, you tell me that your lover has a broken limb
You say you're kind of restless now and it's on account of him
Well, I saw the man in question, it was just the other night
He was eating up a lady where the lions and Christians fight
And there are no letters in the mailbox
And there are no grapes upon the vine
And there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in the mine
(You tell them now)
Ah, there is no comfort in the covens of the witch
Some very clever doctor went and sterilized the bitch
And the only man of energy, yes the revolution's pride
He trained a hundred women just to kill an unborn child
And there are no letters in the mailbox
Oh no, there are no, no grapes upon your vine
And there are, there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in your mine
And there are no letters in the mailbox
And there are no grapes upon the vine
And there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in your mine
The man in white -- that's you -- says he has no friends
The river is swollen up with rusty cans
And the trees are burning in your promised land
And there are no letters in the mailbox
And there are no grapes upon the vine
And there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in the mine
Well, you tell me that your lover has a broken limb
You say you're kind of restless now and it's on account of him
Well, I saw the man in question, it was just the other night
He was eating up a lady where the lions and Christians fight
And there are no letters in the mailbox
And there are no grapes upon the vine
And there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in the mine
(You tell them now)
Ah, there is no comfort in the covens of the witch
Some very clever doctor went and sterilized the bitch
And the only man of energy, yes the revolution's pride
He trained a hundred women just to kill an unborn child
And there are no letters in the mailbox
Oh no, there are no, no grapes upon your vine
And there are, there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in your mine
And there are no letters in the mailbox
And there are no grapes upon the vine
And there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in your mine
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The gist of the song is that life is empty now and there is nothing special (no diamonds in the mine, no chocolates in the boxes)
No refuge in the coven of the witch.. sterilized the bitch (2nd best line) There is no comfort in religion a doctor(scientist) sterilized it of any truth or meaning.
As for the Lover with a broken limb.
She worked hard to take care of him, but he cheated on her. "Eating up a lady where the lions and Christians fight" (best line) Eating up a lady where her passions meet her morals (her genitals) The lions of passion fight the Christian morals of celibacy. (he uses sex and religion a lot)
Man of energy...
The man who was supposed to save the world is wasted. (miraculously intelligent people (doctors)waste their talents on abortion, Viagra, and other things that are products of a modern moral-less society.
I hope my deciphering of the last musical poet was helpful.
as far as i can tell, this song is specifically about a woman after her prime. nobody's sending her letters, nobody's buying her wine, nobody's giving her chocolates, and nobody's "mining for diamonds" in her vagina. it's basically the bitterest song ever, and i love it.
Either way, I like how he just gets crazier as the song goes on, and he's just yelling at the end. It amuses me.