[Intro]
Red in the river
Cold in the ground
Whispers in glitter
Blood on the velvet crown

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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?)

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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?)

[Bridge]
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!)

[Chorus]
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?