The Diving Bell - Pacific Pearl Co. 1869 lyrics

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 pa**ed 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 That was 1869 In spring 2001 They found her crusted through with pearls And heard her quiet song Heard her song