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My first thought was an image from Mary Renault's "The Bull From The Sea:" Theseus first seeing the Bull of Marathon. The image is hazy. It has been a long time since reading it.
had a real craving to listen to this today, it's so beautiful! I think I like this track more than the other one we've heard so far. The melodies are gorgeous.
I hadn't listened to The Diver's Wife in weeks, but on reading Weirdelves' post above, I was minded to do so, and I have to agree! It's delicious and so perfectly suited to her harp.
I think I can settle some lyrical questions after seeing Joanna play this tonight!
A diver is my love And I am his, if I am not deceived Who takes one breath above for every hour below the sea
Who gave to me a jewel Worth twice this woman's life Though it cost her less Than laying at low tide to see her true love phosphoresce
And in an infinite regress Tell me why is the pain of birth Lighter borne than the pain of death? I ain't saying that I loved you first But I loved you best
I know we must abide Each by the rules that bind us here The divers and the sailors and the women on the pier
How do you choose your form? How do you choose your name? How do you choose your life? How do you choose the time you must exhale and kick and rise?
And in an infinite capsize Like a boat tearing down the coast Double hulls bearing double masts I don't know if you loved me most But you loved me last
The cold word you gave To count your way across the depths of this arid world Where you will yoke the waves that lay a bed of shining pearls
I dream it every night The ringing of the pail The motes of sand dislodge the shucking, quick and bright The twinned and cast-off shells reveal a single heart of white
And in an infinite backslide Ancient boulders sink past the west Like a sword at the bearer's fall I can't claim that I knew you best But did you know me at all?
A woman is alive, a woman is alive You do not take her for a siren An anchor in the storm, alone, unfaceted and fine
And never will I wed I'll hunt the pearl of death To the bottom of my life And ever hold my breath 'til I may be the diver's wife
See how the infinite divides And the divers are not to blame For the rift spanning distant shores You don't know my name But I know yours
It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful
Do you really trust your memory of how it sounded more than multiple recordings of it? I can clearly hear the "th" sound. She'd have to be saying "The colduh word" and giving "duh" its own syllable/note in the song.
I think I have a correction for one of the lines in this song that I figured I would put out there before we all get our definitive lyrics. I've been hearing it this way ever since the recordings from Pitchfork came out, and for some reason I thought others had heard it the same way and put it out in this thread, but I guess not. Anyway:
"An anchor on a stone" --> "In nacre on a stone"
Nacre (nay-ker), aka mother of pearl, composes the inner shell layer of some mollusks, and the outer layer of pearls. Pearls are commonly assumed to be formed around grains of sand or small stones to protect the soft tissues of the mollusk from damage.
This interpretation makes total sense to me. I also recall reading an article about the upcoming album that used the phrase "layers of instrumental nacre", or something to that effect, and this likely came from someone with an advance copy of the album.
Excellent thought, Kev23! I gotta admit, I've heard it the same way, but didn't think to look up whether it was a word, or how it is spelled. Thanks! Makes perfect sense.