Not Waving, But Drowning

Not Waving, But Drowning - Loyle Carner

Lyrics by：Jordan Rakei/Stevie Smith

Composed by：Jordan Rakei/Stevie Smith

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 all at home 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