Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside
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Release date: 11 March 2003
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- With My Own Two Hands
- When It's Good
- Diamonds On The Inside
- Touch From Your Lust
- When She Believes
- Brown Eyed Blues
- Bring The Funk
- Everything
- Amen Omen
- Temporary Remedy
- So High So Low
- Blessed To Be A Witness
- Picture Of Jesus
- She's Only Happy In The Sun
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Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside: Wikipedia Album Entry
Ben Harper is a musical preacher of sorts, never one to be shy in speaking his mind about social conformity. If his first two albums -- Welcome to the Cruel World and Fight for Your Mind -- didn't clue you in, Diamonds on the Inside will definitely do so. Diamonds on the Inside marks Harper's fifth studio effort and this time he's emotionally in touch with what makes his heart burst. This is a passionate album, no doubt. His signature Weissenborn guitar joins him once more and Harper's classic groovy funk is heavy; however, Harper adds worldbeat to his musical plank. From the Marley-esque vibe of "With My Own Two Hands" to the African soundscapes of Ladysmith Black Mambazo on "Picture of Jesus," Harper's purist presentation is smooth. "When It's Good" gives a little country blues twang, while "Touch From You Lust" is a sexy haze of writhing riffs. "Temporary Remedy" follows the funk Lenny Kravitz-style, and Harper's a bit campy. It's a noticeable change from his typically serious stature and a nice shift in personality, too. Diamonds on the Inside is another stunning effort from one of rock's underground heroes. Harper has consistently worked with what appeals to him musically for nearly a decade, ignoring what fits the mainstream. Diamonds on the Inside is Harper's sixth chapter of truth and just one listen to the electric blaze of "Everything" will convince you.
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Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside Lyrics
Ben Harper - Amen Omen Lyrics
What started as a whisper, slowly turned into a scream
Searching for an answer, where the question is unseen
I don't know where you came from, and I don't know where you've gone
Old friends become old strangers between darkness and the door
Ben Harper - When She Believes Lyrics
Well the good Lord
Is such a good Lord
With such a good mother too
They have blessed me
Ben Harper - When It's Good Lyrics
You're a prison I can't escape
You're a decision that I'll never make
Heard me laughin'
You let me weep and moan
Ben Harper - Touch from Your Lust Lyrics
I need to sleep but I'm too tired
I need to come down but I'm too wired
When the sun comes up I miss the moon
'Cause I know tomorrow is goin' to come too soon
Ben Harper - Temporary Remedy Lyrics
I killed a snake with a Bible
I was living a Johnny Cash song
I'm afraid for this I may be liable
So its best I be movin', movin' along
Ben Harper - So High So Low Lyrics
Once, once you know you can never
You can never turn back
What man but I understand 'cause we all fear what we lack
Being with you makes me tired as hell, tired as hell
Ben Harper - She's Only Happy in The Sun Lyrics
I know you may not want to see me
On your way down from the clouds
Would you hear me if I told you
That my heart is with you now?
Ben Harper - Picture of Jesus Lyrics
It hangs above my altar like they hung him from a cross
I keep one in my wallet for the times I feel lost, I feel lost
In a wooden frame with splinters where my family kneels to pray
And if you listen close you'll hear the words he used to say
Ben Harper - Everything Lyrics
Behind all of your tears
There's a smile, there's a smile
Behind all of the rain
There's a sunshine for miles and miles
Ben Harper - Diamonds on The Inside Lyrics
I knew a girl, her name was Truth
She was a horrible liar
She couldn't spend one day alone
But she couldn't be satisfied
Ben Harper - Brown Eyed Blues Lyrics
If I knew bein' here with you today
Would mean bein' alone tomorrow
I would gladly trade all of my tomorrows away
For a moment with you
Ben Harper - Bring The Funk Lyrics
When it's on the one you know the funk's begun
When you are down and out there in, in no doubt
You need the funk
Ben Harper - Blessed to Be a Witness Lyrics
Corcovado parted the sky
And through the darkness on us He shined
Crucified in stone, still His blood is my own
Glory behold, all my eyes have seen, have seen
Ben Harper - With My Own Two Hands Lyrics
I can change the world with my own two hands
Make it a better place with my own two hands
Make it a kinder place, oh with my, oh with my own two hands
