"How To Save A Life"
By: The Fray
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
how it Relates: Just like how in the song the girl wonders why she came so does Alaska. Alaska contemplates multiple times why she is still here and what the heck is she doing.
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 it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska knows where she went wrong, she went wrong when she didn't call 911. The simple act effects her just like how it effects the person in the song who also didn't know 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
Pray to God, he hears you
And I pray to God, he hears you
how it relates: the only thing Alaska can do is pray to God that he hears her because she is dead. Alaska like the person in the song believes herself to be innocent and that she knows best.
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
how it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska knows where she went wrong, she went wrong when she didn't call 911. The simple act effects her just like how it effects the person in the song who also didn't know 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
how it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska would be the one saying she is just not the same and she would be the one raising her voice, but like in the song she will drive till she losses the road... figuratively speaking at least.
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 it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska knows where she went wrong, she went wrong when she didn't call 911. The simple act effects her just like how it effects the person in the song who also didn't know 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 it relates: Just like in the book Alaska is obsessed with how to save a life. After she couldn't do it she hasnt let it leave her mind and she lets it haunt her day and night.
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 it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska knows where she went wrong, she went wrong when she didn't call 911. The simple act effects her just like how it effects the person in the song who also didn't know 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
how it relates: In the song and in the book the main characters are in complicated. Also alike is the obsession with the loss of a loved one and the obsession with how to save a life.
By: The Fray
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
how it Relates: Just like how in the song the girl wonders why she came so does Alaska. Alaska contemplates multiple times why she is still here and what the heck is she doing.
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 it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska knows where she went wrong, she went wrong when she didn't call 911. The simple act effects her just like how it effects the person in the song who also didn't know 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
Pray to God, he hears you
And I pray to God, he hears you
how it relates: the only thing Alaska can do is pray to God that he hears her because she is dead. Alaska like the person in the song believes herself to be innocent and that she knows best.
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
how it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska knows where she went wrong, she went wrong when she didn't call 911. The simple act effects her just like how it effects the person in the song who also didn't know 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
how it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska would be the one saying she is just not the same and she would be the one raising her voice, but like in the song she will drive till she losses the road... figuratively speaking at least.
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 it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska knows where she went wrong, she went wrong when she didn't call 911. The simple act effects her just like how it effects the person in the song who also didn't know 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 it relates: Just like in the book Alaska is obsessed with how to save a life. After she couldn't do it she hasnt let it leave her mind and she lets it haunt her day and night.
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 it relates: Unlike in the song Alaska knows where she went wrong, she went wrong when she didn't call 911. The simple act effects her just like how it effects the person in the song who also didn't know 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
how it relates: In the song and in the book the main characters are in complicated. Also alike is the obsession with the loss of a loved one and the obsession with how to save a life.