C@LAg said:
3. It spawned a spooky urban legend
The story goes that Phil watched as a man who once attacked his wife drowned. Another version was that Phil wrote the song about a man who watched another man drown, and sang it to him at a concert.
Yet another version claims that when Phil was a young boy, he witnessed a man drowning someone but was too far away to help. Later, he hired a private detective to find the man, sent him a free ticket to his concert, and premiered the song that night with the spotlight on the man the whole time.
Of course, none of these stories are true
this part is true. it was covered up by the media. I saw it with my own two eyes.
I hope I did not offend anybody with this post. If I did, please come see me at my address in my profile so we can talk.