Here’s a special interview with the band about the writing music for HBR and the creative DNA of the band.
Today’s song is “Diamonds in the Wind,” a seldom-performed Yates gem.
Here’s what composer Erik Yates has to say about this one:
“This came to me more or less fully formed while driving home from a friend’s place on the coast. I was fairly hung-over. The two of us had gotten together at his little beach shack to write songs, but we’d spent most of our evening beering and howling at the moon. Turns out the evening was a success after all – he & I recorded this track a few months later with the Sleeping Giants and HBR recorded it not long after, with a different time signature.”
DIAMONDS IN THE WIND Erik Yates
She spent the first half of her life
Waiting for something to happen
She spent the second half
Wishing it never had
By the time she walked away
Her hair had traded grey for red
But her eyes shined like diamonds
Her eyes shined like diamonds
Her eyes shined like diamonds in the wind
She said I ain’t goin’ back
To that house anymore
I have covered up my last black eye
I have slammed my last back door
That man can keep his bottle
And all the misery within
And her eyes shined like diamonds . . .
He spent the first half of the year
Waiting for her to come back
He spent the second half
Hoping she never would
He spent a long, cold November
Dreaming of the end
Of those eyes that shined like diamonds . . .
She said I haven’t felt this free
Since I was a girl
There’s nothing left for me to fear
In this God-forsaken world
Hunger tastes just like wine
And even’ dyin’ might be a friend
‘Cause I seen him, and his eyes shine like diamonds . . .
Two shots rang out
On the last day of December
Her last thirteen words hung
Bitter in the air
She said – I would not trade this year of freedom
For a thousand more with you
And she closed her eyes that shined like diamonds . . .
Yeah, her eyes shined like diamonds
Yeah, her eyes shined like diamonds
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