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Diamond (I See The Glory)

By Maverick City Music

459 views Sep 14, 2026 updated Holy album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Maverick City Music starts by admitting the frustration most worship songs skip past — "to be real I get frustrated," even while trusting "you're the patient kind." The bruises get named specifically too: "battles," "things I wish I could rewind," nothing glossed over before the song reaches for hope.

Their central image does the same work without flinching: "there was never a diamond that was made without the pressure." The song doesn't promise the pressure will lift — it reframes what the pressure is actually doing, turning "walk through the fire" into "I'm gonna leave it refined" rather than simply endured.

James calls trials something to consider "pure joy" because they produce endurance in James 1:2-4, and Malachi pictures God as a refiner sitting over silver in Malachi 3:3, patiently purifying rather than destroying. Maverick City's repeated "we're in it together" adds one more layer most refining images leave out — the pressure isn't meant to be survived alone.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Verse 1]

It's not about the destination

It's always been about the climb

To be real I get frustrated

But you're the patient kind


[Verse 2]

I might have bruises from the battles

And things I wish I could rewind

I got to stop with all the questions

Cause the answer's by my side


[Chorus]

I see the glory

But the only way to get there is together

We gotta walk it together

I see the glory

But there was never a diamond that was made without the pressure

We're in it together


[Verse 3]

Teach me how to love the process

No, I'm in not in a race with time

Oh, Jesus, You're the author

And I trust you'll end this right


[Verse 4]

There'll be when I am dancing

There'll be days I wanna hide

I gotta stop and just remember

That the answer lives inside


[Chorus]

I see the glory

But the only way to get there is together

We gotta walk it together

I see the glory

But there was never a diamond that was made without the pressure

We're in it together


[Verse 5]

If I gotta stand in the silence

I'm trusting you to provide

And if I'm lost in the shadows

I know that you'll be my light

And if the road feels uncertain

I won't run, I won't hide

Every single step is a promise

That you'll be right by my side


[Verse 6]

If I gotta walk through the fire

I'm gonna leave it refined

And if I gotta walk on the water

I'll walk as if it was dry


[Verse 7]

If I gotta walk through the valley

I'm gonna tell it to rise

And if I'm face to face with an army

I'll make it out alive


[Chorus]

I see the glory

But the only way to get there is together

We gotta walk it together

I see the glory

But there was never a diamond that was made without the pressure

We're in it together


[Chorus]

I see the glory

But the only way to get there is together

We gotta walk it together

I see the glory

But there was never a diamond that was made without the pressure

We're in it together

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