Lyrics

When I was trying to come up with a name for my blog I knew it had to relate to music, I landed on lyrical because nearly every time I find a song I like I find myself compelled to track down the lyrics so I can better understand the the meaning of the song.  I believe in 100 years students will study the lyrics the way we used to study 18th and 19th century poetry - maybe not songs like "Sexy Chick" but perhaps songs like Ben Harper's "Diamonds on the Inside."

This is the type of song I could easily see a student breaking down and analyzing in a term paper.  Its the sort of song you can listen to over and over and pick up on a different lyric and meaning depending on your situation at that moment.

I knew a girl

Her name was truth

She was a horrible liar

She couldn't spend one day alone

But she couldn't be satisfied

When you have everything

You have everything to lose

She made herself a bed of nails

And she's planning on putting it to use

But she had diamonds on the inside

A candle throws its light into the darkness

In a nasty world so shines a good deed

Make sure the fortune that you seek

Is the fortune that you need

Tell me why the first to ask

Is the last to give every time

What you say and do not mean

Follows you close behind

She had diamonds on the inside

Like the soldier long standing under fire

Any change comes as a relief

Let the giver's name remain unspoken

She is just a generous thief

She had diamonds on the inside 

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