Lyrics for Mother of Pearl as interpreted by kevinsucks

Mother of Pearl Lyrics
Turn the lights down
(Way down low)
Turn up the music
(Hi as fi can go)
All the gang's here
(Everyone you know)
It's a crazy scene
(Hey there just look over your shoulder)
Get the picture?
No no no no .......(Yes)

Walk a tightrope
(Your life-sign-line)
Such a bright hope
(Right place, right time)
What's your number?
(Never you mind)
Take a powder
(But hang on a minute what's coming 'round the corner?)
Have you a future?
No no no no .......(Yes)

Well I've been up all night (again)
Party-time wasting is too much fun
Then I step back thinking
Of life's inner meaning
And my latest fling
It's the same old story
All love and glory
It's a pantomime
If you're looking for love
In a looking glass world
It's pretty hard to find
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't trade you
For another girl

Divine intervention
Always my intention
So I take my time
I've been looking for something
I've always wanted
But was never mine
But now I've seen that something
Just out of reach - glowing -
Very Holy grail
Oh mother of pearl
Lustrous lady
Of a sacred world

Thus: even Zarathustra
Another-time-loser
Could believe in you
With every goddess a let down
Every idol a bring down
It gets you down
But the search for perfection
Your own predilection
Goes on and on and on and on
Canadian Club love
A place in the Country
Everyone's ideal
But you are my favorita
And a place in your heart dear
Makes me feel more real
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't change you
For the whole world

You're highbrow, holy
With lots of soul
Melancholy shimmering
Serpentine sleekness
Was always my weakness
Like a simple tune
But no dilettante
Filigree fancy
Beats the plastic you
Career girl cover
Exposed and another
Slips right into-view

Oh looking for love
In a looking glass world
Is pretty hard for you
Few throwaway kisses
The boomerang misses
Spin round and round
Fall on featherbed quilted
Faced with silk
Softly stuffed eider down
Take refuge in pleasure
Just give me your future
We'll forget your past
Oh mother of pearl
Submarine lover
In a shrinking world

Oh lonely dreamer
Your choker provokes
A picture cameo
Oh mother of pearl
So so semi-precious
In your detached world
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't trade you
For another girl

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bruiseviolet
03-22-2006

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no comments?! i adore this song. it's so perfect.

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simonevans
02-22-2007

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It's a two-parter set at a party. First half is frantic and reflective of a party in full swing. Second half is the quiet, reflective aftermath. Come on! You've all been there...

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superOK
05-24-2007

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Isn't the song about coke? "Take a powder," "Well I've been up all night (again)"

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Potatoes9000
10-01-2007

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This song may be the best song ever written.


It is beautiful and perfect in every way.

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mgvsmith
01-14-2008

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I think simonevans is right about the two parts (diptych). The legend is that the first part was recorded and then the band only had the music to work from. Ferry went off, wrote down a few lines and then produced a 'stream of consciousness' which makes up all the second part of the song.

Along with 'In Every Dream home' this is one of Roxy's best songs.

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orphan_yachts
06-24-2008

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yes it is about coke and the lyrics reflect a perfect understanding of the phenomenon. Take that, Eric Clapton's Cocaine!

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JelloBeans
07-17-2008

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I can't believe this song doesn't have more comments. It's completely amazing, one of my all time favorite songs and i can listen to it back to back forever.

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hermongo
08-18-2008

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I'm pretty sure this song is not just about cocaine. The first part is about meeting a girl at a party doing cocaine. The second part is about being in love and in a relationship with that girl who is fully addicted to cocaine.

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absorbed
10-15-2008

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This song is totally about cocaine and being addicted. There are girls but the only place he feels loved is in his indulgence. No real intimacy. He's waiting for devine intervention because nothing else is real. Seeking a God connection he has taken refuge in a dangerous place. The life he's living is in vain. POWERFUL. This is Ferrys best! scarey

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absorbed
10-15-2008

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mother of pearl is cocaine.

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IrishPoet
01-26-2010

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I love this song. To me, it sounds like it is about being in love with (i.e. addicted to) a prostitute. Mother of Pearl is a very common, cheap "gem" (inside of an oyster shell), yet is very beautiful, looking like the more expensive pearls that are produced by the oyster. A pearl would be a beautiful, but proper lady.

Just my two cents.

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