Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)

Album: The Expendables Soundtrack (2010)
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  • I am the shadow, and the smoke in your eyes,
    I am the ghost, that hides in the night

    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!

    Wait, wait a minute take a step back
    you gotta think twice before you react
    so stay, stay a little while
    Because a Promise not kept is the road to exile
    HEY! whats the circumstance
    you'll never be great without taking a chance so
    wait, you waited too long
    had your hands in your pocket
    when you shoulda been gone

    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    One push is all you'll need
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    A fist first philosophy
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    We watch with wounded eyes
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    So I hope you recognize

    I'm on the front line
    Don't worry I'll be fine
    the story is just beginning
    I say goodbye to my weakness
    so long to the regret
    and now I see the world through diamond eyes

    Damn! damn it all down
    took one to the chest without even a sound so
    What! What are you worth?
    the things you love or the people you hurt
    Hey! it's like deja vu
    a suicidal maniac with nothing to lose
    so wait, it's the exception to the rule
    everyone of us is expendable

    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    One push is all you'll need
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    A fist first philosophy
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    We watch with wounded eyes
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    So I hope you recognize

    I'm on the front line
    don't worry I'll be fine
    the story is just beginning
    I say goodbye to my weakness
    so long to the regret
    and now I know that I'm alive
    I'm on the front line
    don't worry I'll be fine
    the story is just beginning
    I say goodbye to my weakness
    so long to the regret
    and now I see the world through diamond eyes

    Every night of my life
    I watch angels fall from the sky
    Every time that the sun still sets
    I pray they don't take mine

    I'm on the front line
    don't worry I'll be fine
    the story is just beginning
    I say goodbye to my weakness
    so long to regret

    I'm on the front line
    don't worry I'll be fine
    the story is just beginning
    I say goodbye to my weakness
    so long to the regrets
    and now I know that I'm alive

    I'm on the front line
    don't worry I'll be fine
    the story is just beginning
    I say goodbye to my weakness
    so long to the regret
    and now I see the world through diamond eyes
    and now I see the world through diamond eyes

    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!

    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
    Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM! Writer/s: BRENT SMITH, ERIC BASS, ZACHARY MYERS
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • LeoPersonally, it's not my favorite song but the chorus is like YES.
  • Zero from The Abyss, NjI guess this is the song which caused Barry to add a second bass drum to his kit. Awesome song, very inspiring, like a lot of their songs.
  • Michaela from Atkinson, NhI don't particularly care for the movie this song was intended for but I do love the song itself. Brent Smith is an amazing vocalist and his band are rather talented as well. The lyrics to this song (as to most of their music) can be very powerful, passionate and meaningful to anyone and everyone as it can be applied to any situation somebody has gone through in life.
    This song = WIN
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