Your Eyes Look Like Blood Diamonds But Baby I'm Deaf Dumb And Blind Lyrics

In mines dug up by tiny hands

Around your neck that reached around

The corner to observe the coal

Decisions made for all us proles

I pay in four just to keep up

I pray my wage won't see me stuck

Two steps behind my telephone screen

Those just above me all sight unseen

Squeeze the carbon it always bleeds

Blood from stones in goblets cleaned

By teardrops wrung by birthright thieves

Your eyes don't shine 'cause they can only see

Your eyes so bright they must be cut

From carbon so politely crushed

Like the hands of infants reaching up

A machine that only runs on good luck

So put it on red and spin the wheel

Just like the yuppies who all vote Teal

You vote for life, you vote for peace

I vote for diamonds on St. Kilda Beach

When cities fall and markets crash

We'll all go back to blowing glass

You vote for life you vote for peace

I vote for diamonds on St Kilda Beach

Listen kid, I know it seems hard

That sometimes people die with no regards

But look at your house, and look at your car

These are worthy sacrifices to be one among the stars

The roads we built all lead astray

The soundtracks and the songs we play

The romance of the new frontier

The guilt we drown by drinking beer

The love we hide with joking snark

The invasive species in the park

The bodies broken by new landmarks

The sweat which covers you after dark

So dry your body with linen we found

Sold by Jingles played all year 'round

You pay the fee then you twist the towel

See my blood dripping gently without a sound

In neon lights I feel the weight

When time and space communicate

To tell me that I've done no harm

The monuments I built from credit cards

Let's wipe the slate and start again

I'll tell you how to make amends

Just open your wallet and let me sneer

I invest in you so I can feel

When cities fall and markets crash

We'll all go back to blowing glass

You vote for life you vote for peace

I vote for diamonds on St Kilda Beach

So put it on red and spin the wheel

Just like the yuppies who all vote Teal

You vote for life, you vote for peace

I vote for diamonds on St. Kilda Beach

When cities fall and markets crash

We'll all go back to blowing glass

You vote for life you vote for peace

I vote for diamonds on St Kilda Beach

The things I buy, all made with love

The screens I watch, show flowerbuds

And when I eat, I cause a flood

The pen I write with, covered in blood