There's nothing of magic in this shining pearl
Where something dissolved and got free in the current

Thrown out on the highway they get home just the same
The water gets red with the rust of an anchor
Affection explained in a watched world
Salmon at sea that head back to fresh water
Locked in black boxes they'll find their way
Where rough diamonds lie
Affection explained in a watched world
Will change and shape to suit its eye
Where rough diamonds lie
To the head of the stream and the inevitable slaughter
The reason for the voyage hasn't been forgot
The blood and the paint from the towns that got captured
Each fishy sparkles again and again

The crew draw back together like magnets

Where rough diamonds lie
Carry the future back off down the river
The trail's not cold, the coals are hot

A lens that bends all light
There's nothing of magic in this shining pearl
Slips through wet fingers back under ground
Gold speckled waters, the source unfound