Her Diamonds

This is seriously just the sweetest song. It's by Rob Thomas, who wrote it for his wife, who suffers terribly from fibromyalgia. He talks about how frustrated he is that he can't do anything for her pain.

Darrin goes through this every night with me. I have such terrible fibromyalgia. It cripples me. I try everything I can to keep it at bay, but it just defeats me all the time, and all I can do is cry. I go to water aerobics four or five times a week, and work really hard so I can keep moving, but I still end up in bed half of the time. The pain is so unbearable. I try so hard to not take painkillers - nothing like ibuprofen or tylenol works, it has to be Lortab, and then it just takes my mind away. I lose so much memory, so much time with my sweetheart and my beautiful kids. All I want is for the pain to go, so I can just life my life, freely and without this pain.

But it's ok. If this is what I have to live with; if this is what it takes for me to get the moments of joy I get with Darrin and the kids, I'll take it. The joy outweighs the pain. It's all worth it.



Oh what the hell she says
I just can't win for losing
And she lays back down
Man there's so many times
I don't know what Im doin'
Like I don't know now

By the light of the moon
She rubs her eyes
Says it's funny how the night
Can make you blind
I can just imagine
And I don't know what Im supposed to do
But if she feels bad then I do too
So I let her be

And she says oooh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
And her diamonds bring me down
Cuz I can't help her now
Shes down in it
She tried her best and now she can't win it's
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down

She sits down and stares into the distance
And it takes all night
And I know I could break her concentration
But it don't feel right

By the light of the moon
She rubs her eyes
Sits down on the bed and starts to cry
And there's something less about her
And I don't know what Im supposed to do
So I sit down and I cry too
And don't let her see

And she says oooh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
And her diamonds bring me down
Cuz I can't help her now
Shes down in it
She tried her best and now she can't win it's
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down

She shuts out the night
Tries to close her eyes
If she can find daylight
Shell be all right
Shell be all right
Just not tonight

And she says oooh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
And her diamonds bring me down
Cuz I can't help her now
Shes down in it
She tried her best and now she can't win it's
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down