How does on approach a terrible subject like drowning? Do you mention that 236,000 people die a year from drowning, according to the WHO? That it affects children, males, & those who have greater access to water the most? Or do you mention that "drowning" as a definition does not always mean death, that one can drown & still be saved?
Or do you focus on the fact that music, like all art, rises to the level of metaphor, where one can "drown" in a sea of love, or in one's own tears? In addition to drowning one's sorrows - or drowing out the world - one can drown in another, or simply drown in the now. Does that make the subject matter less gruesome?
As a listener, you can decide. Just know: in addition to all the music, we talk about movies featuring drowning, we hear some stories about nearly drowning, & we talk to two lifeguards - who know a thing or two about the dangers of drowning. Hopefully it's not as awful as it might seem.
A note about the image manipulated above: "Drowning In Bricks" by Walter Benson is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0.
- KBOO