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And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
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According to lead singer, pianist and songwriter Isaac
Slade, the song was composed and influenced by his experience while working as
a mentor at a camp for troubled teens:
“ One of
the youngsters I was paired up with was a musician. Here I was, a protected
suburbanite, and he was just 17 and had all these problems. And no one could
write a manual on how to save him. ”
Slade claims that the song is about all of the people that
tried to reach out to the boy but were unsuccessful. As Slade says in an
interview, the boy's friends and family approached him by saying, "Quit
taking drugs and cutting yourself or I won't talk to you again," but all
he needed was some support. The boy was losing friends and going through
depression. He lost his best friend and could not deal with it. The verses of
the song describe an attempt by an adult to confront a troubled teen. In the
chorus, the singer laments that he himself was unable to save a friend because
he did not know how.
While this was the original intent of the song, the band has
opened the song to interpretation. They created a website where fans were
welcome to submit music videos they had made for the song. This arose from the
response that Slade got from the song:[3]
“ I got a
lot of e-mails about it (...) One boy died in a car accident, and I guess it
had been the last song he downloaded from his computer. They played it at his
funeral, and some of his friends got Save a life tattooed on their arms. The
response has been overwhelming..."
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
You begin to wonder why you came
CHORUS:
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
CHORUS:
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
CHORUS:
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
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