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Since the day he heard about the chest

 He's so wild he can't get no rest

 A million diamonds blinding his eyes

 Brighter than fire but colder than ice

 Sweat on his brow, greed burns his mind

 Hands like claws his teeth always grind

 Soaked by sweat he wakes up and screams

 "Oh, no, it was only a dream"

 Diamonds, diamonds

 Diamonds of the black chest

 Years and years he sought that chest

 He runs most every risk the man's obsessed

 For ten years he's roamed all the lands

 To feel the diamonds in his hands

 He find the hallowed spot, breaking its lock

 He opens the gate which is carved of rock

 Finding the chest he exults and screams

 "Oh, yeah, it's no dream"

 Diamonds, diamonds

 Diamonds of the black chest

 He holds out his hands and he touches the chest

 He breaks its seals, he disturbs its rest

 Curious and slow he opens the lid

 He stares over the edge, what he sees he can't grip

 No diamonds but he sees his own face

 A possessed wreck with an empty gaze

 Thrilled by madness he's dying in pain

 "No dream, he's insane"

 Diamonds, diamonds

 Diamonds of the black chest