Diamonds

Go on. 

Drive to the lake...or the farm...or the States.

Insert Johnnyswim CD. 

Press play.

Forward to "Diamonds".

Sing along at the top of your lungs (even better with friends).

I double dog dare you not to.

I can confidently assert you will feel better than you have all week.

And if you're me, you'll feel closer to Abba.

Johnnyswim, husband and wife duo Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano, write lush and beauteous songs stemming from their relationship and lives. Written in the wake of the deaths of Ramirez's dad and Sudano's mom, the late great Donna Summer, "Diamonds" has an undeniably bittersweet feel and ridiculously singable lyrics that declare so much truth. 

I am a gem

I am a light-bearer

I am courageous

I am fiery

and you better believe that I am rising from the dust. 

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you. (1 Peter 2v9)

In the wake of every heartache

In the depth of every fear

There were diamonds, diamonds

Waiting to break out of here

Don't you think I hear the whispers

Those subtle lies, those angry pleas

They’re just demons, demons wishing they were free like me 

We're the fire, from the sun

We're the light when the day is done

We are the brave, the chosen ones

We're the diamonds, diamonds rising up out the dust 

All your curses will surrender

Every demon worth will kneel

They're just mountains, mountains about to turn into fields

You've taken down so many others

Oh, but you'll know my name when you see

And in these ashes I'm stronger still

You'll learn to feel my pain, yeah you will

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