| Frank Black and the Catholics – The Swimmer Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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Frank Black has said this song was about a real event, but it's not clear if he was serious. I remember when this came out thinking back to an event where an extreme long distance swimmer was lost, I've always felt it was about that. Frank has a few songs with the same theme, Angels Come to Comfort You is one, where a tragic death is contemplated in a fantastical way, possibly as an allegory to a potential afterlife, or as a eulogy showing his admiration. |
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