Diamonds never die
Moriarty Lyrics

The song "Diamonds never die" by Moriarty tells a story of the passage of time and the inevitability of change. The first two stanzas describe a border of naked trees being blown by strong winds from the sea, indicating a place where hidden things exist and diamonds never die. The river is the symbol of life, continuity and change, running down below the line of trees. It is a place where old friends meet and the river is sweet and never runs dry. The river represents the collective memory, and it carries the influences of the past that contribute to the present. The harshness of the real world is described with the lines: "All the time went down the drain, and yet the song remained the same; we grew wise and we grew mean, and it’s all gone with the rain." These lines convey the idea that, despite the changes in life, the essence of the present has its roots in the past, and the song remains alive even when everything else is gone.

In the end, the song suggests that the rough path we travel on will eventually bring us to a place of peace, where we can "walk no more". The final stanza refers to the childish act of drawing kings on New Year's eve and giggling about what the future holds, only to realise that life turns out to be different from what we imagined. Beyond the line of the naked trees, the wind blows from the sea and swirls around ashes scattered hopelessly by the wind, while the swallows never crash. It serves to indicate that the natural world continues to go on, despite the transience of human life.