The Diving Bell - Pacific Pearl Co. 1869 Lyrics
We sailed the first great submarineSank down in that dark machine, oh yeahWe dove where no one had beforeBreathing on the ocean floor, oh yeahSaw the bottom of the worldIt was empty, it was coldWe set the craft ashoreStood there like the fools we were, oh yeahLike the fools we wereThe violent will of technologyTranscends every boundary, oh yeahThe bright blue sea turns violet and then blackSeven fathoms deepYet we dove to harvest pearlsAnd found a barren reefSo you can build the first great submarineAnd still a failure beStill a failure beJulius, the engineerPoured the rum and built the fire, oh yeahThe ocean is vain and she is cruelAnd loath to suffer foolsWe passed the bottle and we sangFor history and for shameBehold the bitter monument andMourn the deepest diver, spentThe bitter monumentThe men all went their separate waysMostly back home to the states, so yeah‘Til just the engineer remainedWhere his heart and vessel lay, so yeahAt the low tide, he would meet herThere along the shoreAnd the wind would echo forthThe beauty of her form and force, oh yeahOf her form and forceThat was 1869In spring 2001They found her crusted through with pearlsAnd heard her quiet songHeard her song
