I saw an old interview. He was laughing at all the people that think it’s about revenge. He said he was mad at his x wife after the divorce. The last thirty years I heard it was about a guy that raped a friend and he (song writer) watched him drowning in the ocean. I personally like that version better and wish I’d never heard the truth.
"I’m not quite sure what the song is about, but there’s a lot of anger, a lot of despair, and a lot of frustration,” he said.
I saw an old interview. He was laughing at all the people that think it’s about revenge. He said he was mad at his x wife after the divorce. The last thirty years I heard it was about a guy that raped a friend and he (song writer) watched him drowning in the ocean. I personally like that version better and wish I’d never heard the truth.