Diamond Heart
Alan Walker Lyrics

Hello, sweet grief
Starting the song addressing sadness as sweet, recognizing it is consuming the singer.

I know you will be the death of me
Acknowledging that sadness can be lethal and lead to despair.

Feel like the morning after ecstasy
Describing the aftermath of intense emotions as a hangover, a sense of disorientation.

I am drowning in an endless sea
Feeling overwhelmed and unable to escape the emotional turmoil.

Hello, old friend
Addressing pain as an old acquaintance, familiar and recurring.

Here's the misery that knows no end
Acknowledging that pain can be self-sustaining, never going away.

So I'm doing everything I can
Choosing to take action and protect oneself from further pain.

To make sure I never love again
Preferring to avoid any possibility of experiencing heartbreak once more.

I wish that I did not know
Regretting knowledge about the inevitability and the repercussions of failed relationships.

Where all broken lovers go
Identifying a pattern where people who have been hurt retreat to a similar fate.

I wish that my heart was made of stone
Wishing for the inability to feel vulnerable, like an impenetrable substance.

Yeah, if I was bulletproof
Fantasizing about not being affected by external forces, like a superhero.

I'd love you black and blue
Expressing an intense, bruising, possibly destructive, love if the singer was invincible.

If I was solid like a jewel
Asserting that being hard and valuable would make the singer less likely to break down.

If I had a diamond heart
Imagining having a heart as indestructible and as precious as a diamond would make the singer fearless.

I'd give you all my love
Promising to love wholeheartedly if there were no consequences.

If I was unbreakable
Reiterating that being unbreakable is necessary to be able to love without fear.

You could shoot me with a gun of gold
Asserting that the singer's love is so strong it could withstand even the most unlikely threats.

I'd walk straight through the bullet
Using hyperbole to emphasize the importance of being impervious to external forces.

Bend like a tulip
Metaphor to demonstrate the flexibility granted by physical invincibility.

Blue-eyed and foolish
Allusion to the expression 'seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, ignorant or naive.

Never mind the bruises
Admonishing that even though some symbolic bruises might arise, they are of little importance.

Into the fire
Accepting the dangers of love and forging ahead regardless.

Breakin' through the wires
Breaking free from whatever constraints that hold back the singer from giving everything.

Give you all I've got
Reiterating the promise of undivided love despite the risks.

I'd walk straight through the dagger
Using same hyperbole as with the bullet, emphasizes invincibility.

Never break the pattern
Resolving to overcome the cycle of pain and to break it forever.

Diamonds don't shatter
Affirming that the symbol of the diamond is integrity.

Beautiful and battered
Upholding the idea that beauty is also found within imperfections, regardless of wear and tear.

Into the poison
Pushing forward even into toxic situations.

Cry you an ocean
Metaphor to see the love through all the tears and heartbreaks.

Goodbye, so long
Saying goodbyes to the past, wishing a better future.

I don't know if this is right or wrong
Ruminating on the uncertainty of future decisions and actions.

Am I giving up where I belong?
Questioning whether the past still holds power or if it is time to move on.

'Cause every station's playing our song
Reflecting that remnants of past relationships can appear anywhere, anytime.

Goodbye, my love
Saying a final goodbye to a lost love.

You are everything my dreams made of
Acknowledging that the past love was once perfect and idealized.

You'll be Prince and I'm the crying dove
Alluding to fairy tale motifs, the ideal soulmate and one who sorrowfully endures love,

This is the story
Concluding the song by asserting that the message was the constant search for unbreakable love.

La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
A non-literal 'lalala' to accommodate the melody of the song.

I'd give you all my love
Reiterating the desire to give everything to a partner worthy of enduring love.

You could shoot me with a gun of gold
Repeated for continuity, this line reaffirms the metaphor of imperviousness to external dangers.

I'd walk straight through the bullet
Same use of hyperbole to emphasize the concept of invincibility.

Bend like a tulip
Same metaphor used to show the flexibility that comes with invincibility.

Blue-eyed and foolish
Same reference to naivete associated with being bulletproof.

Never mind the bruises
Same reassurance that any damages are worth the reward of idealized love.

Into the fire
Same acknowledgment of the dangers of love.

Breakin' through the wires
Same resolution to break free...

Give you all I've got
...and keep the promise to love unconditionally.