ITs has nothing to do with a "drowning", but about his wife, and what he went through during some troubled times between them...a break-up to be exact. The album in which this song appeared in was "Disintegration", and the overall feel of that album was certainly dark, and depressed due to this fact. However, this break up was not what Robert wanted, and at the time of the breakup he reflects on the relationship, and the feeling they both had through it "Remembering You fallen into my arms/Crying for the death of your heart"..this is her losing love for him, and him trying to grasp at how he could have avoided the breakup..my guess is that him being part of a band, and being on the road alot lead to some sort of negligence on his part..."If only I'd thought of the right words/I could have held on to your heart/If only I'd thought of the right words/I wouldn't be breaking apart/All my pictures of you"..this is also reflected in "Love Song" which is on the same album. "There was nothing in the world/That I ever wanted more/Than to feel you deep in my heart/There was nothing in the world/That I ever wanted more/Than to never feel the breaking apart/All my pictures of you"..obviously more "post breakup" feelings of wanting the old flame back.
ITs has nothing to do with a "drowning", but about his wife, and what he went through during some troubled times between them...a break-up to be exact. The album in which this song appeared in was "Disintegration", and the overall feel of that album was certainly dark, and depressed due to this fact. However, this break up was not what Robert wanted, and at the time of the breakup he reflects on the relationship, and the feeling they both had through it "Remembering You fallen into my arms/Crying for the death of your heart"..this is her losing love for him, and him trying to grasp at how he could have avoided the breakup..my guess is that him being part of a band, and being on the road alot lead to some sort of negligence on his part..."If only I'd thought of the right words/I could have held on to your heart/If only I'd thought of the right words/I wouldn't be breaking apart/All my pictures of you"..this is also reflected in "Love Song" which is on the same album. "There was nothing in the world/That I ever wanted more/Than to feel you deep in my heart/There was nothing in the world/That I ever wanted more/Than to never feel the breaking apart/All my pictures of you"..obviously more "post breakup" feelings of wanting the old flame back.