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.
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.