"Tears of Pearls" is a song by Savage Garden, released as the seventh and final single taken from their eponymous self-titled debut album.
The song was later included on the remix disc of The Future of Earthly Delites, as the Tears on the Dancefloor Mix.
In the song's chorus, the pearls are revealed to be "mixed emotions" that humans keep locked away like stolen jewels, concealed from the rest of the world.
In the words of Daniel Jones, "Tears of Pearls" was a track he composed "because Darren wanted me to write it".
He clarified that "Tears of Pearls" was meant to be a "theatrical" number which he thought would be great to open Savage Garden's live shows and tours.