I love this song, and agree with fairycake and Graft.
One thing that confused me was
"They're glistening like diamonds, go out and find them,"
I thought, earlier that "you're cutting diamonds with a rubbery knife" was a metaphor meaning you're trying but getting no where.
If that's right, what does the second reference to diamonds mean?
"cutting diamonds with a rubbery knife" obviously refers to an exercise in futility. The author is telling the subject of the song to stop trying to destroy all of the beauty in the world since it is pointless to even try. She says as much when she follows up with "The world is full of diamonds, go out and find them". There is beauty all around if you just stop trying to blame and destroy long enough to notice.
"cutting diamonds with a rubbery knife" obviously refers to an exercise in futility. The author is telling the subject of the song to stop trying to destroy all of the beauty in the world since it is pointless to even try. She says as much when she follows up with "The world is full of diamonds, go out and find them". There is beauty all around if you just stop trying to blame and destroy long enough to notice.
I love this song, and agree with fairycake and Graft. One thing that confused me was "They're glistening like diamonds, go out and find them," I thought, earlier that "you're cutting diamonds with a rubbery knife" was a metaphor meaning you're trying but getting no where. If that's right, what does the second reference to diamonds mean?
"cutting diamonds with a rubbery knife" obviously refers to an exercise in futility. The author is telling the subject of the song to stop trying to destroy all of the beauty in the world since it is pointless to even try. She says as much when she follows up with "The world is full of diamonds, go out and find them". There is beauty all around if you just stop trying to blame and destroy long enough to notice.
"cutting diamonds with a rubbery knife" obviously refers to an exercise in futility. The author is telling the subject of the song to stop trying to destroy all of the beauty in the world since it is pointless to even try. She says as much when she follows up with "The world is full of diamonds, go out and find them". There is beauty all around if you just stop trying to blame and destroy long enough to notice.