Red in the river

Cold in the ground

Whispers in glitter

Blood on the velvet crown

They sell you a promise

Cut deep

It gleams

Dress up a gravestone

Call it your dream

Hands in the mineshaft

Skin

Dust

Bone

Every bright jewel

Built on a throne of ghosts

Blood diamonds

Shine like a war cry

Every spark

Is a mother's last light

Hold it up high

Hear the silence howl

Blood on the velvet crown

Can you wear it now? (can you wear it now?)

Golden invitations

Signed in quiet ink

Glasses keep clinking

So no one has to think

Names on a ledger

Never see the seam

Where a child's bare footprint

Cracks through the queen's bright ring

Blood diamonds

Shine like a war cry

Every spark

Is a brother’s last fight

Hold it up high

Hear the silence howl

Blood on the velvet crown

Can you wear it now? (can you wear it now?)

Who pays the price

For your perfect stone?

How many prayers

Turned into bone?

If every ring

Was a ringing wound

Would you still dance

In that scarlet ballroom? (hey!)

Blood diamonds

Shine like a war cry

Every spark

Is a stolen life

Hold it up high

Hear the silence howl

Blood on the velvet crown

Can you wear it now?

Blood on the velvet crown

Can you wear it now?