Not Waving, But Drowning
作词 : Stevie Smith/Jordan Rakei
作曲 : Stevie Smith/Jordan Rakei
I read about a man getting drowned once
His friends thought he was waving to them
From the sea but really, he was drowning
And then I thought that, in a way, it is true of life too
That a lot of people pretend, out of bravery really
That they are very jolly and ordinary sort of chaps
But really they do not feel at home at all in the world
Or able to make friends easily
So then they joke a lot and laugh
And people think they're quite alright and jolly nice too
But sometimes that brave pretense breaks down
And then, like the poor man in this poem, they are lost
Not waving, but drowning
Not Waving, But DrowningLRC歌词
[00:00.000] 作词 : Stevie Smith/Jordan Rakei
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Stevie Smith/Jordan Rakei
[00:09.03]I read about a man getting drowned once
[00:12.43]His friends thought he was waving to them
[00:14.74]From the sea but really, he was drowning
[00:17.27]And then I thought that, in a way, it is true of life too
[00:22.07]That a lot of people pretend, out of bravery really
[00:25.86]That they are very jolly and ordinary sort of chaps
[00:28.72]But really they do not feel at home at all in the world
[00:32.32]Or able to make friends easily
[00:34.64]So then they joke a lot and laugh
[00:37.51]And people think they're quite alright and jolly nice too
[00:40.31]But sometimes that brave pretense breaks down
[00:44.15]And then, like the poor man in this poem, they are lost
[00:50.26]Not waving, but drowning
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