| The Fray – How To Save A Life Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think you basically hit the nail on the head. I've found myself in a similar situation to what (I imagine) the song depicts and it wasn't until I hit the 'let go and pray' stage that this song made me weep like a child. Sometimes you have done all that you can do, and you just run out of the emotional resources to deal with someone else's f-ups. You want to help, but you have to accept that you can't always fix people. |
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| The Fray – You Found Me Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I had heard this song on the radio a few times before I actually listened to lyrics, and now I can't listen to it without crying my eyes out. I went through a tough time (spiritually) two years ago last Valentine's day. One of my friends had had a car crash a few months before, she died on either the tenth or eleventh, and she was buried on Valentine's Day. While her death profoundly affected me, it was actually her *funeral* that set me off doubting God. The funeral didn't reflect who she was, and what really got me was that they called people to be "saved" in the middle of the funeral. At the time, I just couldn't handle that, and I still find it. . . distasteful. The whole episode led to some interesting soul-searching, and this song just brings that all back-- Wanting, *needing* to believe, but just being downright unable to have the kind of unquestioning faith that people say you should have. I remember being really angry with God and just absolutely hating the people who told me I shouldn't feel that way. I want to add that I agree with everyone who has said that it's not losing faith, but about being angry/impatient with God's timing, or just generally being ticked off at the way God runs things. I think that's a big part of why a lot of people like this song. We all feel this way, and the song lets us imagine that we get to yell at God (in person) for all the things He's done "wrong" in our lives. |
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| OneRepublic – All We Are Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm coming into this way late, but I just heard the song and it made me think of something else. While I know that it's about a romantic relationship (lovers' alibis), I think this song can also be valid for friendships, as well. To me it's about trying to maintain a relationship over a distance. "We won't say our goodbyes/We know it's better that way/We won't break, we won't die/It's just a moment of change" seems to me like a vow that they're not going to just let what they have drop; their relationship is deep and lasting. It just makes me think about how I feel about the people I was close to in high school but never see anymore. Somehow, when we get back together, we still have fun. To paraphrase something that I was told a few days ago, "We change, but our hearts don't". Just my two cents. :) |
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