The song “How to Save a Life” by the Fray is one of the
deepest and most emotional songs I have heard. The song is very much widely known
by almost all generations. Just the other day I heard this song on the radio
and then bought it on itunes later. I had my mom listen to it and also my
grandpa and they both had said they had heard it before and I quote, they said,”everyones’”
heard that song before.
When The Fray performs this song they put a lot of passion
into it and a lot of meaning. I've always thought this song was about someone
who blames themselves for their loved one's suicide. This is just my interpretation
of what this song really means.
First, the song start’s off by saying, "Step one, you say, "We need to talk"/He walks, you say, "Sit down, it's just a talk"" This makes me think of when you are like trying to talk to someone about their health when they're obviously mentally ill or hurt in some way emotionally. They don't want to talk about it. They just want to curl up in themselves, and whenever you confront them about their well-being, they try to walk away.
Then the song goes on to say, "Let him know that you know best/'cuz after all, you do know best"
Its showing that you try to convince your loved one to get help or get better. To me, this line always sounded a little sarcastic. Maybe they didn't know what was best, maybe their advice actually made their friend even more depressed, or, if they weren't already, suicidal.
Then it says, "And I would have stayed up with you all night/had I known how to save a life"
Its showing that if they had only known what their friend had been attempting (suicide), they would have stayed up and talked them out of it, or at least tried to. Instead, they either didn't know what was happening, or didn't know how to deal with it and let their friend slip away.
It goes on by saying, "As he begins to raise his voice/You lower yours and grant him one last choice"
The loved one gets angry and defensive, and an argument begins. The two choices they give him--"driving until he loses the road" or "breaking the ones he's followed"--may have been taken wrong and the loved one was driven to suicide.
This is just is my take on it, it's probably actually about drug use because that’s what most people think it is. But with my past, this is how I've always interpreted the song. Suicide has always been an unfortunate factor in my life, and this is all I can think about when I hear this song.
First, the song start’s off by saying, "Step one, you say, "We need to talk"/He walks, you say, "Sit down, it's just a talk"" This makes me think of when you are like trying to talk to someone about their health when they're obviously mentally ill or hurt in some way emotionally. They don't want to talk about it. They just want to curl up in themselves, and whenever you confront them about their well-being, they try to walk away.
Then the song goes on to say, "Let him know that you know best/'cuz after all, you do know best"
Its showing that you try to convince your loved one to get help or get better. To me, this line always sounded a little sarcastic. Maybe they didn't know what was best, maybe their advice actually made their friend even more depressed, or, if they weren't already, suicidal.
Then it says, "And I would have stayed up with you all night/had I known how to save a life"
Its showing that if they had only known what their friend had been attempting (suicide), they would have stayed up and talked them out of it, or at least tried to. Instead, they either didn't know what was happening, or didn't know how to deal with it and let their friend slip away.
It goes on by saying, "As he begins to raise his voice/You lower yours and grant him one last choice"
The loved one gets angry and defensive, and an argument begins. The two choices they give him--"driving until he loses the road" or "breaking the ones he's followed"--may have been taken wrong and the loved one was driven to suicide.
This is just is my take on it, it's probably actually about drug use because that’s what most people think it is. But with my past, this is how I've always interpreted the song. Suicide has always been an unfortunate factor in my life, and this is all I can think about when I hear this song.
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