Grace for Drowning

The title comes from stories of people who’ve had near death experiences, particularly with drowning. They say that when you’re drowning, and after the struggling, there’s a period where you almost get into a state of calm. Or grace, like a peace comes over you. 
Apparently when you die from extreme cold as well, the same kind of thing happens. And I like that as a kind of metaphor for life. 
Without getting too pretentious, in a way, I feel like we’re all drowning. Life is such an intense experience these days and it feels like we’re all drowning to a certain extent in the stress and speed of modern life. I feel like as I’ve gotten older I’ve reached this point of almost a state of grace and I don’t really care anymore. I don’t care what people think about my music or if I dress right for other people.


It’s almost like reaching a state of peace, but I’m still drowning, obviously. We all are. It’s that kind of sense of grace of not caring anymore.

(Steven Wilson)