Chords with lyrics
A minorAm 
C majorC
The diver is my love
G+G A minorAm 
FF
(& I am his, if I am not deceived),
FF A minorAm G+G A minorAm
who takes one breath above, for every hour below the sea
A minorAm C majorC
who gave to me a jewel
G+G A minorAm FF
worth twice this woman's life (but would cost her less
FF
than laying at low tide,
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
to see her true love phosphoresce)
(C majorC)
& in an infinite regress:
G+G A minorAm
Tell me, why is the pain of birth
G+G A minorAm
lighter borne than the pain of death?
G+G FF
I ain't saying that I loved you first,
C majorC 
Bb majorBb
but I loved you best
A minorAm C majorC
I know we must abide
G+G A minorAm FF
each by the rules that bind us here:
FF A minorAm G+G A minorAm
the divers, & the sailors, & the women on the pier
A minorAm C majorC
But how do you choose your form?
G+G A minorAm FF
How do you choose your name? How do you choose your life?
A minorAm
How do you choose the time you must exhale,
G+G A minorAm
& kick, & writhe?
C majorC
& in an infinite capsize:
G+G A minorAm
Like a bull tearing down the coast,
G+G A minorAm
double hulls bearing double masts?
G+G FF C majorC Bb majorBb
I don't know if you loved me most, but you loved me last
A minorAm C majorC
Recall the word you gave:
G+G A minorAm FF
to count your way across the depths of this arid world,
FF
where you would yoke the waves,
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
and lay a bed of shining pearls!
A minorAm C majorC
I dream it every night:
G+G A minorAm FF
the ringing of the pail,
(FF)
the motes of sand dislodged,
(FF)
the shucking, quick & bright;
(FF) A minorAm G+G A minorAm
the twinned & cast-off shells reveal a single heart of white
(C majorC)
& in an infinite backslide:
G+G A minorAm
Ancient border, sink past the West,
G+G A minorAm
like a sword at the bearer's fall
G+G FF
I can't claim that I knew you best,
C majorC Bb majorBb
but did you know me at all?
A minorAm C majorC
A augmentedA woman is alive!
G+G A minorAm FF
A augmentedA woman is ali-ve;
(FF) (FF)
you do not take her for a sign in nacre on a stone,
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
alone, unfaceted & fine
A minorAm C majorC
& never will I wed
G+G FF
I'll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom of my life,
(FF)
& ever hold my breath,
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
'til I may be the diver's wife
(C majorC)
See how the infinite divides:
G+G A minorAm
& the divers are not to blame
G+G A minorAm
for the rift, spanning distant shores
G+G FF
You don't know my name,
C majorC Bb majorBb
but I know yours
