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
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
How to save a life
How to save a life
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
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
How to save a life
How to save a life
This is one of my favorite songs. My father was addicted to drugs and every time i heard this song i would start crying. its very emotional for me and my mother to hear it. it reminds us about my fathers addiction and how he ended and started a new family for me and my mother. i wouldn't have my brother or little sister.
i think anyone who's ever watched a friend destroy himself thru addiction would totally identify with this song..you know he's lying, acting like he's got everything under control, n it just makes you so angry that he refuses to see what he's doing to himself..you try to make him aware, try to tell him he's wrong, but he keeps on saying everything's fine, that he's in control..u feel as if he doesnt hear you, n you pray that he wakes up, u try not to get angry,but its so hard..just waitin 4 him to say he's wrong all along, or take that final step..
n then, he does destroy himself, n you know u did what u can, but it still feels not good enough, you're left with 'what if'...u know u wud have done anything to prevent what happened, but its too late, n all thats left is d guilt that maybe, u didnt try hard enough..
This song was written because Isaac Slade, the lead singer, was mentoring a 17 year old kid who had all of these problems including drug addiction. He was the inspiration for this song, which if you read the lyrics you can see that its him talking to the boy.
...this song from what I've heard is about someone who lost a friend to suicide.
It explains how he tried to talk him out but to no avail. "I would have stayed with you all night had I known how to save a life" he would have talked all night had he known how to save him. "some kind of window to your right he goes left and you stay right between the lines of fear and blame you began to wonder why you came." he watches his friend try to lie to him and he wonders why he came to begin with because he's no good at this. "let him know that yon know best cause after all you do know best" how he let's the boy know he knows best that suicide isn't the answer.
"as he begins to raise his vioce you lower yours and grant him one last choice driveuntil you lose the road." he kept going and he tries to keep himself under control as the boy gets angry at him. "he willdo one of 2 things he will admit to everything or he can say he's just not the same" he'll either end his life sayin hes not the same or own up and say he won't end it. "were did I go wrong? I lost a friend somewere along in he bitterness" he got angry and scared his friend made him angry as well so he followed through with suicide and now the person feels bad about it all.
Just what I've heard from people and makes sense to me.
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