Swim good what does it mean

KisstheRain on September 21, Link. General Comment If you watch the video as well as listen to the song you see there are purposely multiple meanings to this song because he is going through a metamorphosis of who he is. You see and hear this feeling of regret as well as a metaphorical need to "Swim Good" he has the regrets and pain Hearts in his Trunk with him and as he has been shackles to the shoes and suit he wears to the empending funeral of his old self.

When he drives his car into the water he is leaving all of that at the bottom of the sea and letting the waves wash over him as he removes the past shoes and suit so that he may swim good. He uses the audiotune of Kanye from his heartbreak album and uses references to that in order to decribe the pain.

At the very end the sing you hear seagulls and peaceful waves so that you know he saw good and after struggling to see if he actually wanted to do this change.

He is finally at peace with the man that he was and will be tony on May 07, Link. General Comment alright so i love this song, i understand most of it. Swayze dies but his spirit returns and saves the day. Hence Frank Ocean is describing the feeling of being a ghost like Swayze but without the happy ending. Norsemann on August 04, Patrick Swayze was in a movie called Ghost diniro on September 18, Just for everyone's information, when he says "Like a Ghost, no Swayze..

And in the film Patrick Swayze plays the heartbroken ghost of a man who died, effectively losing his loved one. General Comment This song is about self pity and suicide. You have this guy who is used to breaking girls hearts and getting away with it. Now he's met a cold-hearted girl who he happens to have fallen in love with. He's goin to commit suicide coz he's heart broken. He wants the girl to feel something but she doesn't, and this is wht pisses him off.

Thank you, this is the first comment I read to mention suicide. To me this song is literally, on the surface about suicide or murder suicide. In the literal way and in the metaphorical sense his guilt manifests itself in his surprise that no one can see what he's done to these people. I would love to know if Poe was his inspiration while writing.

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Incorrect Password. Remember Me. Join Now! He swims good. In removing the suit, thus concluding the funeral, Frank suggests we should free ourselves of our pain and keep moving forward. The backing organ of the verse is replaced by vaulting, bright keys. With that, the image of the suit morphs on the second verse, leading into the second pre-chorus. The funeral suit was, indeed, for his funeral. This position makes the shedding of the suit even more powerful on the next hook.

We go from having a potential funeral in the face of heartbreak to watching Frank emerge undefeated. The tension of the bridge suggests someone attempting to stop Frank from driving his car into the ocean—imagine that. They seem to be urging him to at least shoot off flares to cite where he is, to at least wear a life vest, to at least do something for his safety.

No matter, Frank Ocean enters the water fearlessly. Frank is allowing his emotions to cleanse him. Frank is motivated to grow because, ostensibly, his heartbreak made him hit rock bottom—the only time people genuinely change.

Using the ocean as a metaphor for the seemingly endless vat of emotions heartbreak throws us into, Frank Ocean makes the feeling into something to be moved with, not fought against. This approach is how we overcome heartbreak, by facing it head-on and running alongside it. When you follow your emotions to their natural end, Frank asserts, you survive.

After driving off into the ocean, the song concludes with us ashore. The sound of waves crashing and seagulls chirping overtakes the instrumental. We did not drown in our sorrow. Once the beat breaks in the final 30 seconds, our relief feels earned.

And he only gets better from here. Is there anything worse than pouring yourself into a person ultimately not worth your energy? Best Of. Year of Mac. Pro Audio. Home Features Opinion. By Donna-Claire Chesman. By Audiomack.