("How to Save a Life")
00:03
♪ Step one, you say we need to talk ♪
00:10
♪ He walks, you say sit
down, it's just a talk ♪
00:14
♪ He smiles politely back at you ♪
00:19
♪ You stare politely right on through ♪
00:23
♪ Some sort of window to your right ♪
00:27
♪ As he goes left, and you stay right ♪
00:30
♪ Between the lines of fear and blame ♪
00:35
♪ You begin to wonder why you came ♪
00:38
♪ Where did I go wrong? ♪
00:42
♪ I lost a friend ♪
00:44
♪ Somewhere along in the bitterness ♪
00:46
♪ And I would have stayed
up with you all night ♪
00:50
♪ Had I known how to save a life ♪
00:54
♪ Let him know that you know best ♪
01:05
♪ 'Cause after all, you do know best ♪
01:09
♪ Try to slip past his defense ♪
01:14
♪ Without granting innocence ♪
01:17
♪ Lay down a list of what is wrong ♪
01:22
♪ The things you've told him all along ♪
01:26
♪ And pray to God he hears you ♪
01:29
♪ And I pray to God he hears you ♪
01:32
♪ And where did I go wrong? ♪
01:37
♪ I lost a friend ♪
01:39
♪ Somewhere along in the bitterness ♪
01:41
♪ And I would have stayed
up with you all night ♪
01:45
♪ Had I known how to save a life ♪
01:49
♪ As he begins to raise his voice ♪
02:01
♪ You lower yours and
grant him one last choice ♪
02:04
♪ Drive until you lose the road ♪
02:09
♪ Or break with the ones you've followed ♪
02:12
♪ He will do one of two things ♪
02:16
♪ He will admit to everything ♪
02:20
♪ Or he'll say he's just not the same ♪
02:24
♪ And you'll begin to
wonder why you came ♪
02:28
♪ Where did I go wrong? ♪
02:32
♪ I lost a friend ♪
02:34
♪ Somewhere along in the bitterness ♪
02:36
♪ And I would have stayed
up with you all night ♪
02:40
♪ Had I known how to save a life ♪
02:44
♪ Where did I go wrong? ♪
02:48
♪ I lost a friend ♪
02:50
♪ Somewhere along in the bitterness ♪
02:52
♪ And I would have stayed
up with you all night ♪
02:56
♪ Had I known how to save a life ♪
03:00
♪ How to save a life ♪
03:09
♪ How to save a life ♪
03:17
♪ Where did I go wrong? ♪
03:19
♪ I lost a friend ♪
03:22
♪ Somewhere along in the bitterness ♪
03:24
♪ And I would have stayed
up with you all night ♪
03:27
♪ Had I known how to save a life ♪
03:31
♪ Where did I go wrong? ♪
03:35
♪ I lost a friend ♪
03:37
♪ Somewhere along in the bitterness ♪
03:39
♪ And I would have stayed
up with you all night ♪
03:43
♪ Had I known how to save a life ♪
03:47
♪ How to save a life ♪
03:56
♪ How to save a life ♪
04:05
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
("How to Save a Life")
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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 I pray to God he hears you ♪
♪ And 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
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