Without You and One Other I Am Nothing Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sirfoil 

Cover art for Without You and One Other I Am Nothing lyrics by Poison the Well

I love this song! Just can't figure out what "Swallow these pearls. They surround the lives of the walking. As they burst in your mouth." is describing...

@sirfoil I think it means that the pearls are symbolic of the underwater pearls or clams and swallowing. The pearls is symbolic of swallowing in the water. Surrounding the lives of the walking is probably symbolic of birds or vultures, eating dead bodies or the water engulfing someone and now they are dead.