Pacific Pearl Co. 1869 Lyrics - Singles - The Diving Bell

We sailed the first great submarine 

Sank down in that dark machine, oh yeah 

We dove where no one had before 

Breathing on the ocean floor, oh yeah 

Saw the bottom of the world 

It was empty, it was cold 

We set the craft ashore 

Stood there like the fools we were, oh yeah 

Like the fools we were 

The violent will of technology 

Transcends every boundary, oh yeah 

The bright blue sea turns violet and then black 

Seven fathoms deep 

Yet we dove to harvest pearls 

And found a barren reef 

So you can build the first great submarine 

And still a failure be 

Still a failure be 

Julius, the engineer 

Poured the rum and built the fire, oh yeah 

The ocean is vain and she is cruel 

And loath to suffer fools 

We passed the bottle and we sang 

For history and for shame 

Behold the bitter monument and 

Mourn the deepest diver, spent 

The bitter monument 

The men all went their separate ways 

Mostly back home to the states, so yeah 

'Til just the engineer remained 

Where his heart and vessel lay, so yeah 

At the low tide, he would meet her 

There along the shore 

And the wind would echo forth 

The beauty of her form and force, oh yeah 

Of her form and force