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This is a fan-made remix that was requested by a listener called Frank Alfar. Thank you Frank. A great suggestion. Such a dark song. The Drowning Man appears on The Cure's album called Faith. Here is a link to the original. The Cure's song “The Drowning Man“ was inspired by the Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake. If the licence holder wants me to remove this video please let me know. The lyrics She stands twelve feet above the flood She stares Alone Across the water The loneliness grows and slowly Fills her frozen body Sliding downwards One by one her senses die The memories fade And leave her eyes Still seeing worlds that never were And one by one the bright birds leave her Starting at the violent sound She tries to turn But final Noiseless Slips and strikes her soft dark head The water bows Receives her And drowns her at its ease Drowns he
