Featured In
Top Songs By Loyle Carner
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jordan Rakei
Programming
Stevie Smith
Spoken Word
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jordan Rakei
Composer
Benjamin Coyle-Larner
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jordan Rakei
Producer
Dan Parry
Mixing Engineer
Nick Mills
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Mike Bozzi
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
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
Writer(s): Steve Smith, Jordan Rakei
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com