Dear friends
When you said
That you'd been dropping bombs
On your own head,
It made me sad
Cause you're a man.
You've got your own blood,
Your own hands.
What you stole,
What you took,
Could break a heart,
Could fill a book.
The story, tragedy, and your memory
Will always be there.

I saved your life a hundred times,
Is this all that I get?
It's a total, a total waste of time.
I saved your life, I tried to share,
Now I don't even care.
It's a total, a total waste of time.

Oh, forces in the good guys win,
But you ran on me, it was within.
It made me sad.
You were a man.
You had your own blood,
And your own hands.

Oh, I saved your life a hundred times,
Is this all that I get?
It's a total, a total waste of time.
I saved your life, I tried to share,
Now I don't even care.
It's a total, a total waste of time.

Oh, la la la la la la

I saw the light
From your lamp.
You were out walking
3 in the morn'
The flashing came
As I ran well
And I have never seen
Skin so pale.


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Saved Your Life [Demo Version] Lyrics as written by Vincent Paul Scheuerman

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    Its about the lead singer writing a letter to a deceased friend about how he is disapointed that after all he did to help the friend, they killed themself anyway, "The flashing came" as in gunshots.

    Thororon April 16, 2010   Link

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