how to save a life by the fray? ive heard a couple different stories on this song.
2007-03-24 16:23:23 · 5 answers · asked by Arraya 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
It can sorta be about anything that inspires you, and the song can be taken to have multiple meanings. But the writer of the song, Issac Slade wrote it when he was inspired by working as a camp mentor.
Check out this site/video:
http://www.howtosavealife.com/
There's also some info on wikipedia that's useful..and about Grey's Anatomy (yeah!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Save_a_Life_%28song%29
2007-03-24 16:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by Rent_junkie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SAD or ROCK? Okay.. I'm no longer certain on that. If by means of unhappy you imply.... sluggish and style of emo... Evanescence has tons of those, as good as rock, equivalent to: Hello Like You My Immortal Your Star Missing All That I'm Living For Sweet Sacrifice Weight of the World Going Under The Veronicas: All I Have Heavily Broken In Another Life Someone Wake Me Up My Chemical Romance has tons of well rock songs, and so does Switchfoot.
2016-09-05 14:56:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
its about how the person lost a friend because he didn't how to act when they started arguing
2007-03-24 16:29:17 · answer #3 · answered by , 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The lead singer was a mentor to a crack addicted teenager, and the song is about that teenagers experience when he was getting clean
2007-03-24 16:45:53 · answer #4 · answered by madpassion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its about drug abuse and someones gf trying to get them to stop useing the drug. Or thats what I think it sounds like an intervention.
2007-03-24 16:27:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋