Loyle Carner - Not Waving, But Drowning(2019)

[00:08.91] I read about a man getting drowned once
[00:11.97] His friends thought he was waving to them from the sea
[00:15.35] But really, he was drowning
[00:17.03] And then I thought, that in a way
[00:19.40] It is true of life too
[00:21.95] That a lot of people pretend, out of bravery really
[00:25.41] That they are very jolly and ordinary sort of chaps
[00:28.27] But really, they do not feel at all at home in the world
[00:32.31] Or able to make friends easily
[00:34.27] So then they joke a lot and laugh
[00:37.08] And people think they're quite alright and jolly nice too
[00:39.79] But sometimes that brave pretense breaks down
[00:43.77] And then, like the poor man in this poem
[00:47.20] They are lost
[00:48.84] Not waving, but drowning
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