There was a pearl at the bottom of the sea
He was a diver like you and me
From a little village built on the sand
Where the people had nothing but faith in the Lord's hand
In the far away near, the pearl was always there
Floating like a dream or like a storm in the air
And the pearl grew bigger on the people's despair
When the divers went to dive, they prayed the same sad prayer
Oh God
Help me find it this time
When I hold it to the light
How the pearl will shine
Early one morning, faith's changed everything
Zandro's baby boy felt the scorpion sting
The town doctor just sent them away
Poor people like you got no money to pay
In miles on, the baby just cried
While Zandro heard the pearl song
Counting louder inside
Into his boat, he put his wife and child
And paddled out into the ocean
While, oh God
Help me find it this time
When I hold it to the light
How the pearl will shine
Help me Lord, help me Lord, help me Lord, help me
When I hold it to the light
How the pearl will shine
Zandro prayed, and filled his lungs with breath
And he dove down deep into the shadows of death
He reached through dark water, and sifted through the sand
And then he felt it, felt it again and again
A shell so big, a shell so real For one he prayed his whole life to fill
He pulled the oyster from the water's cold Pried it open on its bow for the heavens to behold
For God, let it be there this time When I hold it to the light, how the pearl will shine
Help me, Lord, help me, Lord, help me, Lord, help me
When he held it to the light, the green pearl did shine
Evil on evil, sin on sin
The whole town said,
The town's hunger has started growing thin here
The priest came from the churchyard to show his deep concern
The doctor came to visit, now there was money to be earned
His child got better despite the doctor's pills
Whose plan it was to fake him sick, then pretend a healer's ill
And my Celestial is pearl-backed to see
I do believe it's wicked
It'll curse our family
Oh, God
Zondro couldn't see the sign
When he held it to the light, the green pearl did shine
Shimmering, glistening, glimmering, glowing
When he held it to the light, the green pearl did shine
With knives they came to steal his precious prize
Zondro killed beneath the starless skies
With bloodstains on his hands, they had to flee
But someone crushed his boat, so they couldn't go by sea
They fled into the mountains by moonlight
Three hunters closed behind them through the night
Then high up on a rocky mountainside
Zondro found a cave for his family to hide
He spied the hunters' cave and waited till they slept
With his knife strapped to his back, down the rocks he crept
Silently for hours till he was almost there
Then just before, Zondro planned to leap into the air
High up on the mountain, his child made a sound
The gun went off, the song of evil echoed all around
Oh, Zondro killed the hunters, but it was all too late
One bullet in the darkness sealed his child's fate
Maya took her baby down to the sea
With Zondro by her side, not believing such a thing could be
That his child would never wake him from this sleep
Then Zondro threw the pearl with all his might
And gave it back to the deep
There was a pearl at the bottom of the sea
He was a diver like you and me
No one had ever thought of anything like it
No man has ever been a star