by the fray
2007-02-10 20:08:03 · 5 answers · asked by wafflecrackers 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
how many times is this question going to get asked?
It's about a teen Isaac Slade, the lead singer, mentored at a church camp who was over his head in drugs and alcohol. He told Isaac that he only wanted someone to come along side him as a friend to help him solve his problem, instead of as an enemy with a change-or-I-won't-talk-to-you-... attitude, which he never really got. Isaac wrote the song about what the kid really wanted and how Isaac would want someone to approach him if he were doing something wrong. It is told from the point of view of one of those people with the negative attitude and them realizing their mistakes after he's gone.
The name of the song comes from a sign at a swimming pool that Isaac saw with directions on CPR titled . . . How To Save A Life.
Last I heard, the kid was still alive though . . . and Isaac had just recently talked to him
2007-02-14 07:49:57 · answer #1 · answered by fraydar_at_its_finest 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love the freaking song....whoohoo the fray rocks!
2007-02-11 04:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by Daughter of a Coma Guy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The lead singer wrote it about a friend of his at camp that had a drug addiction and how he wished he could've done more to help hime
2007-02-11 04:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by Lila 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love the song infact I wish I could hear it right now but I can't cause I'm in college right now :)
2007-02-11 04:35:20 · answer #4 · answered by Janet 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Save_a_Life_(song)
2007-02-12 02:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by Zach T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋