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Song Divers
Artist Joanna Newsom
Album Divers
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alone, unfaceted and fine.
[00:30.91] A diver is my love
[00:38.23] (and I am his, if I am not deceived)
[00:51.65] who takes one breath above, for every hour below the sea;
[01:02.79] who gave to me a jewel
[01:10.19] worth twice this woman's life (but would cost her less
[01:23.69] than laying at low tide,
[01:27.22] to see her true love phosphoresce).
[01:34.52] And in an infinite regress:
[01:38.28] Tell me, why is the pain of birth
[01:46.25] lighter borne than the pain of death?
[01:59.49] I ain't saying that I loved you first,
[02:01.92] but I loved you best.
[02:08.32] I know we must abide
[02:15.72] each by the rules that bind us here:
[02:29.47] the divers, and the sailors, and the women on the pier.
[02:41.01] But how do you choose your form?
[02:48.77] How do you choose your name?
[02:55.92] How do you choose your life?
[03:02.39] How do you choose the time you must exhale and kick, and rise?
[03:13.96] And in an infinite capsize:
[03:17.10] Like a bull tearing down the coast,
[03:25.35] double hulls bearing double masts–
[03:32.48] I don't know if you loved me most,
[03:40.91] but you loved me last.
[03:47.36] Recall the word you gave:
[03:54.06] to count your way across the depths of this arid world,
[04:07.01] where you would yoke the waves,
[04:10.53] and lay a bed of shining pearls!
[04:17.75] I dream it every night:
[04:24.90] the ringing of the pail,
[04:31.52] the motes of sand dislodged,
[04:34.67] the shucking, quick and bright;
[04:37.83] the twinned and cast-off shell reveal a single heart of white.
[04:48.34] And in an infinite backslide:
[04:52.42] Ancient border, sink past the West,
[04:59.77] like a sword at the bearer's fall.
[05:07.05] I can't claim that I knew you best,
[05:15.38] but did you know me at all?
[05:22.03] A woman is alive!
[05:28.94] A woman is alive;
[05:35.32] you do not take her for a sign
[05:41.21] in nacre on a stone,
[05:52.62] And never will I wed.
[06:00.13] I'll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom of my life,
[06:13.37] and ever hold my breath,
[06:16.88] till I may be the diver's wife.
[06:24.25] See how the infinite divides
[06:28.42] and the divers are not to blame
[06:36.20] for the rift, spanning distant shores.
[06:43.22] You don't know my name,
[06:51.75] But I know yours.
alone, unfaceted and fine.
[00:30.91] A diver is my love
[00:38.23] and I am his, if I am not deceived
[00:51.65] who takes one breath above, for every hour below the sea
[01:02.79] who gave to me a jewel
[01:10.19] worth twice this woman' s life but would cost her less
[01:23.69] than laying at low tide,
[01:27.22] to see her true love phosphoresce.
[01:34.52] And in an infinite regress:
[01:38.28] Tell me, why is the pain of birth
[01:46.25] lighter borne than the pain of death?
[01:59.49] I ain' t saying that I loved you first,
[02:01.92] but I loved you best.
[02:08.32] I know we must abide
[02:15.72] each by the rules that bind us here:
[02:29.47] the divers, and the sailors, and the women on the pier.
[02:41.01] But how do you choose your form?
[02:48.77] How do you choose your name?
[02:55.92] How do you choose your life?
[03:02.39] How do you choose the time you must exhale and kick, and rise?
[03:13.96] And in an infinite capsize:
[03:17.10] Like a bull tearing down the coast,
[03:25.35] double hulls bearing double masts
[03:32.48] I don' t know if you loved me most,
[03:40.91] but you loved me last.
[03:47.36] Recall the word you gave:
[03:54.06] to count your way across the depths of this arid world,
[04:07.01] where you would yoke the waves,
[04:10.53] and lay a bed of shining pearls!
[04:17.75] I dream it every night:
[04:24.90] the ringing of the pail,
[04:31.52] the motes of sand dislodged,
[04:34.67] the shucking, quick and bright
[04:37.83] the twinned and castoff shell reveal a single heart of white.
[04:48.34] And in an infinite backslide:
[04:52.42] Ancient border, sink past the West,
[04:59.77] like a sword at the bearer' s fall.
[05:07.05] I can' t claim that I knew you best,
[05:15.38] but did you know me at all?
[05:22.03] A woman is alive!
[05:28.94] A woman is alive
[05:35.32] you do not take her for a sign
[05:41.21] in nacre on a stone,
[05:52.62] And never will I wed.
[06:00.13] I' ll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom of my life,
[06:13.37] and ever hold my breath,
[06:16.88] till I may be the diver' s wife.
[06:24.25] See how the infinite divides
[06:28.42] and the divers are not to blame
[06:36.20] for the rift, spanning distant shores.
[06:43.22] You don' t know my name,
[06:51.75] But I know yours.
alone, unfaceted and fine.
[00:30.91] A diver is my love
[00:38.23] and I am his, if I am not deceived
[00:51.65] who takes one breath above, for every hour below the sea
[01:02.79] who gave to me a jewel
[01:10.19] worth twice this woman' s life but would cost her less
[01:23.69] than laying at low tide,
[01:27.22] to see her true love phosphoresce.
[01:34.52] And in an infinite regress:
[01:38.28] Tell me, why is the pain of birth
[01:46.25] lighter borne than the pain of death?
[01:59.49] I ain' t saying that I loved you first,
[02:01.92] but I loved you best.
[02:08.32] I know we must abide
[02:15.72] each by the rules that bind us here:
[02:29.47] the divers, and the sailors, and the women on the pier.
[02:41.01] But how do you choose your form?
[02:48.77] How do you choose your name?
[02:55.92] How do you choose your life?
[03:02.39] How do you choose the time you must exhale and kick, and rise?
[03:13.96] And in an infinite capsize:
[03:17.10] Like a bull tearing down the coast,
[03:25.35] double hulls bearing double masts
[03:32.48] I don' t know if you loved me most,
[03:40.91] but you loved me last.
[03:47.36] Recall the word you gave:
[03:54.06] to count your way across the depths of this arid world,
[04:07.01] where you would yoke the waves,
[04:10.53] and lay a bed of shining pearls!
[04:17.75] I dream it every night:
[04:24.90] the ringing of the pail,
[04:31.52] the motes of sand dislodged,
[04:34.67] the shucking, quick and bright
[04:37.83] the twinned and castoff shell reveal a single heart of white.
[04:48.34] And in an infinite backslide:
[04:52.42] Ancient border, sink past the West,
[04:59.77] like a sword at the bearer' s fall.
[05:07.05] I can' t claim that I knew you best,
[05:15.38] but did you know me at all?
[05:22.03] A woman is alive!
[05:28.94] A woman is alive
[05:35.32] you do not take her for a sign
[05:41.21] in nacre on a stone,
[05:52.62] And never will I wed.
[06:00.13] I' ll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom of my life,
[06:13.37] and ever hold my breath,
[06:16.88] till I may be the diver' s wife.
[06:24.25] See how the infinite divides
[06:28.42] and the divers are not to blame
[06:36.20] for the rift, spanning distant shores.
[06:43.22] You don' t know my name,
[06:51.75] But I know yours.
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