This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
She loves him more
He loves her more,
Seems like they won't ever let each other go,
Laughing and kissing it's a match made in heaven
Behind the rings on their fingers
Imprints the ink deep in the inner
That has stained their souls together now
Stained soul mates forever now
Seems like they've made it to the other side where the grass is greener
And the sky is always blue
And it goes on forever and ever but there is only room for two
Deep at night I'm awakened from my dreams,
Next door, yelling cries mercy she is begging please
"Don't end my life you're all I need and darling I will never leave"
And then she prayed on her knees, she said
[Chorus: x4]
"Save him, save him from the hand he that beats me on"
Dark clouds cover her paradise,
She covers her eyes and hides behind enemy lines,
And she walks through the night with her child in her arms
She's thrown back hostage'd
See twenty years ago when she was just ten years old
Lost in imagination she was left alone
And pops had nothing to let his anger on oh he beat her cold
She used to pray on her knees, she said
[Chorus]
Deep at night I'm awakened from my dreams,
Next door, yelling cries mercy she's begging please,-
"Get up, get up", he brings her to her feet,
And smacks her down till she falls to the ground
And over and over again,
He brings her to her feet till she can no longer stand -
And still the beating never ends
On and on and on it goes
Until he brings out a gun
And says to her "stop crying and bring me my son"
She cries harder and harder
He cries harder and harder
She says "baby please don't do this"
Two shots to her chest
And a blow to his own head
She quickly loses breath and blood rushes to their bed
And baby cries his eyes out
[Chorus: x4]
She loves him more
He loves her more,
Seems like they won't ever let each other go,
Laughing and kissing it's a match made in heaven
He loves her more,
Seems like they won't ever let each other go,
Laughing and kissing it's a match made in heaven
Behind the rings on their fingers
Imprints the ink deep in the inner
That has stained their souls together now
Stained soul mates forever now
Seems like they've made it to the other side where the grass is greener
And the sky is always blue
And it goes on forever and ever but there is only room for two
Deep at night I'm awakened from my dreams,
Next door, yelling cries mercy she is begging please
"Don't end my life you're all I need and darling I will never leave"
And then she prayed on her knees, she said
[Chorus: x4]
"Save him, save him from the hand he that beats me on"
Dark clouds cover her paradise,
She covers her eyes and hides behind enemy lines,
And she walks through the night with her child in her arms
She's thrown back hostage'd
See twenty years ago when she was just ten years old
Lost in imagination she was left alone
And pops had nothing to let his anger on oh he beat her cold
She used to pray on her knees, she said
[Chorus]
Deep at night I'm awakened from my dreams,
Next door, yelling cries mercy she's begging please,-
"Get up, get up", he brings her to her feet,
And smacks her down till she falls to the ground
And over and over again,
He brings her to her feet till she can no longer stand -
And still the beating never ends
On and on and on it goes
Until he brings out a gun
And says to her "stop crying and bring me my son"
She cries harder and harder
He cries harder and harder
She says "baby please don't do this"
Two shots to her chest
And a blow to his own head
She quickly loses breath and blood rushes to their bed
And baby cries his eyes out
[Chorus: x4]
She loves him more
He loves her more,
Seems like they won't ever let each other go,
Laughing and kissing it's a match made in heaven
Lyrics submitted by SonnyDeath
Save Him Lyrics as written by Justin Nozuka
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Okay, well, SonnyDeath is sort of right, but there is so much more to the meaning of this song.
Justin wrote this song about his foster brother's parents. Yes, this is a true story. The father was a nasty drunk, and one night it got way out of control. He shot his wife, than shot himself, with the baby, Justin's foster brother, in the roon. And in the second verse, it talks about how the mother used to get beat by her father; this is also true.
This song is amazing in every way, and the whole album is just as amazing.
I was wondering about this and if this song had a meaning coming from a true story or if it was just fictional. How do you know the story of his foster brother and that this song is coming from that?
@kristen.,! Yep! Also when he says “save him save him from the hand that he beats me” she is saying please don’t let this abuse happen to my son. You can tell by the fact the man requests she gets him. I cry EVERY TIME I hear the song as a dad! SUCK a well written song!
@kristen.,! Yep! Also when he says “save him save him from the hand that he beats me” she is saying please don’t let this abuse happen to my son. You can tell by the fact the man requests she gets him. I cry EVERY TIME I hear the song as a dad! SUCK a well written song!
She's definitely saying "Save him" as in the man who's beating her, not save the son. She truly does love him, but of course he's abusing.
Crazy song though, easily an all time favorite.
It's the tragic story of a woman who grew up in abuse even though on the outside, her life seems so pleasant and perfect.
What I wanna question is why the narrator didn't seem to have any remorse when he woke up and heard the whole massacre, but didn't do anything about it. Justin wouldn't be the type to just not think about that.
What I was thinking is that he doesn't do anything because he is a child, and the couple is his parents.
I agree with whoever said that it would take away from the story, because it would, but that would not be the only reason Justin didn't put anything about that in, he is an extremely talented song writer, he would have thought it through, you're right. Possibly if the story is fictional he is just telling it as a narrator and nothing more, and just uses the "neighbour" thing as a way to look in on the story, though he isn't actually the neighbour. I also thought possibly by next door, he could be meaning the next room, like another son? I don't really know, I'm just guessing.
This song is tragic, and beautiful. Justin Nozuka is amazing.
This is a great song! I'm wondering, when she cries "save him", is she asking to save her child? I'm thinking that it's too late for her to be saved, and she realizes that. I don't think she's talking about her lover either. I could be wrong, but it makes sense to me.
When I first heard the song I thought that she was asking god to save her husband from himself, because she still loved him and wanted god to forgive him for what he was doing to her, I never thought about her asking for their son to be saved but that also makes a lot of sense so I'm not sure. The only thing I would question about that is that the first time she is praying you don't know that they have a son. Also it talks about how bound and in love they are, I know this is partly just irony but maybe she still loves him and knows somewhere he still loves her and wants him to be saved. I was just thinking about this and I think it is the husband because he also talks about how her father beat her when she was ten, she obviously didn't have the baby then but was still praying; "save him" so I'm guessing she would have been praying for her father to be saved, and then her husband.
I was non-chalantly listening to this song on my playlist and the lyrics just hit me. Well-done. I am still in shock of what a great artist he is, unbelievable really.
This song was playing on my playlist and the lyrics hit me. Geez, his voice is amazing.
Clearly, the song is about abuse and it's vicious cycle. Such a sad story, and it's horrible that it's happening to people.
My favorite line: "Don't end my life, you're all I need." The emotion he puts in that sentence alone gives me goosebumps.
I believe justin nozuka wrote the chorus line "save him - save him from the hand that he beats me on" to show that the girl feels it is not her man's fault that he is beating her. She is so used to being victimized by him and her father that she is finding excuses to not blame them for what they are doing. She accepts their treatment of her instead.
I think like it says you know no matter how perfect a situation may seem there are always going to be issues. And someone said they didn't know what he meant when the lady was saying "Save Him" well i see it as her saying she knows what he is capable of doing and she knows what damages can come out of what he is doing and also that she kinda knew he would get out of hand and ruin not only her life but the life of his own....just all the happy things we all would see just looking at them
This song is written about Justin's foster brother Christian. The baby's mother is singing: Save him (save the baby) From the hand that he beats me on (baby's father who beats her) First few lines about a match made in heaven and also the last line "It's a match made in heaven" is used as an irony. After such a horrible death, they are both now in heaven, happy.
i think he says "save him", it's talking about her husband, like save him from himself, change him, because even though he does all these things to him, she still loves him, and wants to be with him. i'm not sure though, it really could be either or.
I agree with lelebee, if she is asking the baby to be saved, what was she talking about before the baby was born when her father was beating her? I think she is asking her father and husband to be saved from their sins.
It says that she (the wife; the mother) was beaten as a child, and that she prayed 'save him, save him from that hand that he beats me on', so when she says it now, she's not talking about her child, but instead spouse. also she says 'don't end my life you're all i need and darling i will never leave', to show that THEIR relationship is more important. in a bittersweet kind of ending, he kills them both.