The Pearl Fishermen

Milkmoons dwell in their quiet shells
Where they fell from their heaven
Two pearl fishermen hold their breath again
Fight to the death again for the same prize

Oh my brother
One of us loses
One must drown
And the other she chooses

The jade of the blue offers diamonds to you
But you find it's not true when the sun sets
You dive far below
Where the sun doesn't go
Where your brother won't know
And you hear her saying

Oh my lover, now that you've found me
Now your brother is bound to be drowned
I don't know why you'd feud over me
All those pearls lay asleep on the sea bed

The pearl's in his hand (pearl's in his hand)
She's just a grain of sand (just a grain of sand)
She's dressed up as snow
In the moonlight
She's porcelain
On his sallow skin
He's been taken in
By illusion

Oh my brother
We're both of us losers
I don't know why
She ever did choose us

To call one her lover and bury the other
So I'll hold my breath 'til the story is over