Pearl Diving Songtext

The old tree sings in perfect tune
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
With greater age we see the birth
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
The offspring of a strange new surf
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A free dive from this miserable sky
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
With lungs of soot in the grime filled deep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Shocked and pulled from a nice dull sleep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)

I know you're down there
In swaying kelp I'll find you
I feel like a child about to board a ghost train
With piercing sirens blaring
Through rings of black roses I'll move
Slow, scared, alive
The deluge is upon us, the laughing rudder chants
A springboard dance with no last chance
As I gasp for air, it's there

The sanded heart fills red; just as your gull voice said
Swooping and turning, the bridges are burning
Is it so much to take that we'll break?
Am I a man upon the land or a silkie on the sea?

Just as I suspected, you're not what I expected
Open the shell, pull me close, and with salty spit
I'm launched

I will not resist you
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
I hope that you are there
I hope to find you there

I will not resist you
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
Anchor, away
Aweigh, anchor, away!

I will not resist you
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
I hope that you are there
I hope to find you there

I will not resist you
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
Anchor, away
Aweigh, anchor, away!