Howlin' Jack - A Diamond Beneath Lyrics

The Diamond Beneath

Beneath the cliff where echoes stray,
The silent tree marks night from day.
Its roots entwine the heart of stone,
A jewel lies, for you alone.

In iron verse, the path begins,
Reveal the dawn where dark rescinds.
A scattered line, a ciphered key,
Guides the way through memory.

A first of four, the letters hide,
Through fog and fire, your steps must bide.
The second dawn, it leads you there,
Beneath the moon's half-broken stare.

Gleam where branches twist and fall,
A name encrypted through it all.
Near gleaming bark, the secret sleeps,
Where dawn reveals what silence keeps.

Hidden now, this lore unfolds-
A song of starlight, faint and cold.
Lest Loris falters, read the grain,
In roots, the cipher speaks again.

But now my soul has turned to ash,
A shattered heart, a broken lash.
Erin, Erin-your name still burns,
Though tides may shift and ages turn.

Each morning finds me on this bluff,
Where whispers rise, though life is rough.
The tree stands still, its roots unchanged,
Though time has warped what love arranged.

The diamond gleams, yet it is pale,
For what is love if hearts should fail?
I place my hope where earth meets sky,
To meet you here until I die.

I wait for you, my dream, my light,
Through stormy days and endless nights.
This love, unbroken, fills the air-
It lives in roots, in bark, in prayer.

Should you return, this heart shall mend,
And love will bloom where pain must end.
Erin, hear me, this vow I keep:
To guard this place where memories keep