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The lyrics to How To Save a Life are this:
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
Lyrics
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

Those are the lyrics to the song. What is the song trying to say? Why does he want to know how to save a life? Thanks in advance.

omg the pastor talked about this in church last sunday. okay well in the first paragraph you listed is what we focused on and he said that it is about two people knowing that they need to talk about something but they are avoiding eachother to talk about it like it say "as he goes left and you stay right" is like you are avoiding the person. but mainly it is about two people who avoided to talk about or do something so he lost someone near and dear to him. and that is about all i know, i hope i helped!


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