J. Tillman - Diamondback lyrics
[J. Tillman - Diamondback lyrics]
Something broke through the brindled soil
Rattling the grass spittin' like coal
My spade came down across his spine
A terrible fear flew across his eyes
I said we both have lives that we are owed
You can own an acre, but not what it grows
I gave no heed when I got in
Had bread and tea and then
The beast got skinned
Diamond skin on a hickory post
Blowin' like a curse in the knee high rows
I never in my life had seen
The kind of rain we had that spring
A flood washed up every rainbow snake
And I was soon begging them to let me stay
They gave no heed when I got in
They said ''You can hunt hares in our garden
You can hunt hares in our garden''
Who will love a loveless thing
Betrayed by God, exiled by beast
I can hear you in the
Floorboards deep in the night
You could have freed me
And redeemed your life
Rattling the grass spittin' like coal
My spade came down across his spine
A terrible fear flew across his eyes
I said we both have lives that we are owed
You can own an acre, but not what it grows
I gave no heed when I got in
Had bread and tea and then
The beast got skinned
Diamond skin on a hickory post
Blowin' like a curse in the knee high rows
I never in my life had seen
The kind of rain we had that spring
A flood washed up every rainbow snake
And I was soon begging them to let me stay
They gave no heed when I got in
They said ''You can hunt hares in our garden
You can hunt hares in our garden''
Who will love a loveless thing
Betrayed by God, exiled by beast
I can hear you in the
Floorboards deep in the night
You could have freed me
And redeemed your life