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song: The Pearl
artist: The Veils
album: Time Stays, We Go
released: 2013-04-05length: 3:48
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There's no time to explain
I'm leaving on the last train
And heading out in grand style
Thinking I might be awhile

I'm looking out for the pearl
The one who'll come to rule the world

She's nineteen in blue jeans
Don't even know what love may mean
She's trying hard to get stoned
Her mind is coming undone

I'm looking out for the pearl
The one who'll come to rule the world
I'm looking out for the pearl

Do tell how it all ends
Where the road forks and where the road bends
So heartsick I can hardly speak
This road will be the death of me

I'm looking out for the pearl
The one who'll come to rule the world
I'm looking out for the pearl

Try to keep real calm, try not to shake my drinking arm
Try to keep real calm, try not to shake my drinking arm...
The Veils

The Veils are an English/New Zealand rock band fronted by singer and songwriter Finn Andrews.

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Comments ( 95 )
Posted 11 years ago by anumidium:
Channeling David Byrne, I love it! {#Bananajam}
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Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9:
Everyone STOP pigeonholing artists.It is what it is...compare if you will.
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Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy:
Could we possibly hear something else from them?
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Posted 9 years ago by aspicer:
Like it! A bit of a PJ Harvey vibe to this tune
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Posted 10 years ago by ljoergen:
Me likey like, very much....
{#Hearteyes}
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Posted 5 years ago by obankenobi:
Yet another RP first for me.  Thank you!
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Posted 4 years ago by dmcanany:
Nice album cover!
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Posted 5 years ago by MJdub:
This song (in the verse) suddenly reminds me of Two Silver Trees by Calexico.  I think it was the piano that made me think of it.
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Posted 11 years ago by handyrae:
This one is particularly tasty.
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Posted 4 years ago by Pjesnik:
VV wrote:
Bono?... that you?
 

Wash your ears please. 
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Posted 4 years ago by skossow:
skossow wrote:

David Byrne's lovechild with Bono...
 

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Posted 6 years ago by VV:
Bono?... that you?
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Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach:
VV wrote:
Sounds like a U2 song.
 
Bono / Patti Smith love child.
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Posted 2 years ago by Majoran:
Bei P.J. Harvey geklaut.... :-)
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Posted 4 years ago by stbc:
Love it.
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Posted 6 years ago by Pjesnik:
Finn Andrews is the son of Barry Andrews (ex XTC) from Shriekback.
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Posted 6 years ago by slowchair:
AhhtheMusic wrote:
I am hearing a David Bryne influece near the end.

 
Yep. Exactly what I was thinking.
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Posted 8 months ago by Stephen_Phillips:
 Wolford wrote:

John Steinbeck's The Pearl remains a timely, haunting parable (I read my copy about every five years). Brian Eno & Harold Budd's LP The Pearl remains a timely, haunting ambient masterpiece and is the musical equivalent to the final line in Steinbeck's book.  You must seek it out if you've never heard it.

Ok Wolford, thanks for the tip, I love Brian Eno too so will seek out that LP.
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Posted 4 years ago by tazmondpembroke:
Channeling 'Gloria' - well done, no complaints. Cheers.
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Posted 4 years ago by johnnycache:
One of the best choruses ever (outro)
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