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Tears Of Pearls Lyrics
And we stare each other down
like victimes in the grind
probing all the weakness
and hurt still left behind and we cry
the tears of pearls
we do it. oh we do it.
Is love really the tragedy the way you
might describe
or would a thousand lovers
still leave you cold inside?
Make you cry...
these tears of pearls
All these mised emotions we keep locked away like
stolen pearls
stolen pearl devotions we
keep locked away from all the world
You kisses are like pearls,
so different and so rare
But anger stole the jewels away
and love has left you bare,
Made you cry...
these tears of pearls
Well I could be the tired joker
pour my heart to get you in
sacrifice my happiness
just so I could win
Maybe cry...
These tears of pearls
All these mixed emotions
we keep locked away like stolen pearls
stolen pearl devotions
we keep locked away from all
the world
We twist and turn where angels burn
Like fallen soldiers we will learn
that once forgotten, twice removed
love will be the death...
the death of you
All these mixed emotions
we keep locked away like stolen pearls
stolen pearl devotions
we keep locked away from all
the world
like victimes in the grind
probing all the weakness
and hurt still left behind and we cry
the tears of pearls
we do it. oh we do it.
Is love really the tragedy the way you
might describe
or would a thousand lovers
still leave you cold inside?
Make you cry...
these tears of pearls
All these mised emotions we keep locked away like
stolen pearls
stolen pearl devotions we
keep locked away from all the world
You kisses are like pearls,
so different and so rare
But anger stole the jewels away
and love has left you bare,
Made you cry...
these tears of pearls
Well I could be the tired joker
pour my heart to get you in
sacrifice my happiness
just so I could win
Maybe cry...
These tears of pearls
All these mixed emotions
we keep locked away like stolen pearls
stolen pearl devotions
we keep locked away from all
the world
We twist and turn where angels burn
Like fallen soldiers we will learn
that once forgotten, twice removed
love will be the death...
the death of you
All these mixed emotions
we keep locked away like stolen pearls
stolen pearl devotions
we keep locked away from all
the world
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this totally used to be my song, when i was heartbroken and i wouldn't let anybody see my real emotions, and i was afraid of love. it's so well written...
this song has the best melody in the world every time i put the cd in, i end up putting this song on repeat for at least 10 times
@rainethbow Especially the keyboard melody at the beginning and ending... just pure beauty, energy and nostalgia.
@rainethbow Especially the keyboard melody at the beginning and ending... just pure beauty, energy and nostalgia.
This song fascinates me -like most SG songs- because of its vocabulary...I felt overwhelmed by how different their songwriting was from the rest of pop bands-singers, I could actually find it a challenge to try to understand the words and sing along. It's a heartfelt song, still an uptempo one, but it doesn't mean it isn't a painful one. My favourite lines: "We twist and turn where angels burn Like fallen soldiers we will learn that once forgotten, twice removed love will be the death... the death of you"
I was struck too by its sheer beauty when I heard it for the first time, as a teenager. The metaphors used, the expressions, the melodies, the vocal delivery, the ambiguous situation being described: all of it coming together to deliver a song that was a real pearl, a hidden gem on their debut album.
I was struck too by its sheer beauty when I heard it for the first time, as a teenager. The metaphors used, the expressions, the melodies, the vocal delivery, the ambiguous situation being described: all of it coming together to deliver a song that was a real pearl, a hidden gem on their debut album.
i love the way that darren sing it no one could do it better, especially in the "peeeeeeeeearrrrrlsss"
I have to admit, this song is pretty hard to figure out, but if anything I think it's about how we all hurt eachother in some way and it's like a cycle. Or we demand that others should open up to us when we also hide our emotions from them, kinda like being hypocrits. I hope I spelled that right or atleast close enough.
@ladynausea Many of their songs are cryptic and ambiguous, I believe they did so on purpose. Even "Truly Madly Deeply" is not the straightforward love song it is believed to be, Darren Hayes explained the story behind it in 2015 and its lyrics were actually inspired by him longing for his hometown Brisbane and his family while recording new songs in Sydney.
@ladynausea Many of their songs are cryptic and ambiguous, I believe they did so on purpose. Even "Truly Madly Deeply" is not the straightforward love song it is believed to be, Darren Hayes explained the story behind it in 2015 and its lyrics were actually inspired by him longing for his hometown Brisbane and his family while recording new songs in Sydney.
It is amazing how many different meanings one can attach to a song like "Tears of Pearls. I heard it first when I was a teenager and saw it not as a story involving a couple... but...
It is amazing how many different meanings one can attach to a song like "Tears of Pearls. I heard it first when I was a teenager and saw it not as a story involving a couple... but rather, three people. For me, there is a third person describing another (a girl? a friend of his?) who has been hurt by love (the third person being the one singing the lyrics, i.e. Darren's "character"). He wants to offer solace to the girl ("Well I could be the tired joker / Pour my heart to get you in / Sacrifice my happiness just so I could win").
Apparently, he has been in secretly in love with her for a long while. Now that she has been hurt by another person, he wants to pick up the pieces and no longer feels like locking away his emotions from the rest of the world. He wishes to express those feelings which he has kept hidden for so long, and wants her to do the same.
Lovers at odds--instead of reconciling differences, they merely hurt each other further, not wanting to admit that they still love each other, knowing it's a sick cycle, kind of how ladynausea discussed. I believe that crying "tears of pearls" might also be a play on crocodile tears. Pearls are beautiful, lush, rare, etc. Crying them seems to be a waste for two people who love each other, that it's just for show, and they are unnecessary.
I remember this part of a relationship. :(
Well, its 2012 and we still listen to this song. I have never heard such a bitter lyrics ever. For me Tearls of Pearls is the song that describes an affair between two strong people, who will never admit that they are fallen soldiers. Love will be the death of you also grabbed my attention. If these 2 have their love, something wrong will happen. This is like having an affair while married or simply trying to break all the clishes, but you cant.