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Diamonds

from Peachfruit by Matthew Bailey

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"Diamonds" explores the life of a character inspired by the Canadian diamond mining tycoon and geologist, Eira Thomas.

Reading Ed Caesar 's profile of her company in The New Yorker led me to wonder about her personal life. Who was she, behind the renegade businesswoman exterior? And what was her emotional journey, beyond the building of her diamond empire? I imagined a fictionalized version of her life story and explored it through the song’s narrative.

lyrics

(Diamonds) Mommy's ring
(Diamonds) Glittering
(Diamonds) Mommy's string
(Diamonds) That she wears
(Diamonds) Around her neck
(Diamonds) Sparkling
(Diamonds) Daddy goes
(Diamonds) Digging

(Diamonds) On your mind
(Diamonds) In your eyes
(Diamonds) Never quite satisfied
(Diamonds) In your dreams
(Diamonds) In the seams
(Diamonds) Of your every thought

(Working) For your pride
(Working) Double time
(Working) Husbands home
(Working) All alone
(Working) Till it’s done
(Working) Moon and sun
(Working) On the hunt
(Working) At the front

(Diamonds) On your mind
(Diamonds) In your eyes
(Diamonds) Never quite satisfied
(Diamonds) In your dreams
(Diamonds) In the seams
(Diamonds) Of your every thought

Once a green grasshopper in a helicopter
Sitting on her Daddy's knee
Now she’s Lucy in the sky, the queen of magpies
She’s a vision, a mystery, on my shoulder whispering

(Dreaming) Sitting at
(Dreaming) The hotel bar
(Dreaming) Mind is slow
(Dreaming) Distant stars
(Dreaming) Milky way
(Dreaming) Ice on mars
(Dreaming) what’s your name
(ok)

(Diamonds) On your mind
(Diamonds) In your eyes
(Diamonds) Never quite satisfied
(Diamonds) In your dreams
(Diamonds) In the seams
(Diamonds) Of your every thought

(Diamonds) Diamonds
(Diamonds) Diamonds
(Diamonds) Diamonds
(Diamonds) Diamonds
(Diamonds) Diamonds
(Diamonds) Diamonds

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from Peachfruit, track released May 11, 2022

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Matthew Bailey Toronto, Ontario

Matthew Bailey is a musician and producer living in Toronto.

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