Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Aussie star Kylie Minogue rescues her lover from darkness and despair in the 2007 ballad “White Diamond.”
Minogue is empowered by the symbolic characteristics of a diamond — brilliance, strength, timelessness, faithfulness, purity and love — to light the path to his salvation.
She sings, “You’re looking out from the darkness / Feeling so alone and you need a flare / Well, I’ve got the light that’s gonna treat you right / And illuminate what’s already there / Understand I will be there for you / Understand I’m a diamond for you / A white diamond for you.”
Later in the song, she adds, “Like a pure white diamond / I’ll shine on and on and on and on.”
Minogue co-wrote “White Diamond” in 2006 during her recovery from breast cancer and later performed it on her comeback tour, which she called “Showgirl: Homecoming.”
A 2007 documentary film that chronicled that triumphant tour was titled “White Diamond: A Personal Portrait of Kylie Minogue.” The song is performed in Act 1 of the tour DVD and is included as a bonus track on the Australian and New Zealand iTunes editions of Minogue’s 10th studio album, simply titled X.
The singer had been diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2005, resulting in the cancellation of the Australian leg of “Showgirl: The Greatest Hits” tour. She subsequently underwent successful surgery and radiotherapy, and resumed her touring schedule in November 2006.
Born Kylie Ann Minogue in 1968, the singer, songwriter and showgirl began her career as a child actress on an Australian television series. In 1987, her breakout cover of the 1963 hit, “The Loco-Motion,” spent seven weeks at #1 on the Australian singles chart and became the best-selling Aussie single of the 1980s.
To date, Minogue has sold 70 million records worldwide and has earned numerous awards, including a Grammy, three Brit Awards, 17 ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Music Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards. She is the top-selling female Australian performing artist of all time.
Please check out the video of Minogue’s live performance of “White Diamond” in New York City. The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along…
“White Diamond”
Written by Kylie Minogue, Babydaddy and Jake Shears. Performed by Kylie Minogue.
I know that it’s getting too much, baby
But you don’t need the words to say
Sometimes you feel you’re at the end of the line
But tonight it’s gonna fade away
You’re looking out from the darkness
Feeling so alone and you need a flare
Well, I’ve got the light that’s gonna treat you right
And illuminate what’s already there
Understand I will be there for you
Understand I’m a diamond for you
A white diamond for you
And just like a burning radio I’m on to you
Your spell I’m under
In the silver shadows I will radiate
And glow for you
What you see and what it seems
Are nothing more than dreams within a dream
Like a pure white diamond
I’ll shine on and on and on
Where I’m gonna take you now
Every tear will look out of place
Well, I thought about it but it took until now
To crystallize it into a phrase
Understand I will be there for you
Understand I’m a diamond for you
A white diamond for you
And just like a burning radio I’m on to you
Your spell I’m under
In the silver shadows I will radiate
And glow for you
What you see and what it seems
Are nothing more than dreams within a dream
Like a pure white diamond
I’ll shine on and on and on and on
Credits: Screen capture via YouTube.com.