| The Fray – Heaven Forbid Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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also i forgot to mention : heaven forbid - the title - is probably because in catholic religion, people who commits suicide will not go to heaven. So I ve said, ''How to save a life'' and ''Heaven Forbid'' are probably talking about the same person. |
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| The Fray – Heaven Forbid Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[stephaniehoffy:30804] I feel like it's an echo to his other song ''how to save a life''. He is talking to his friend that has committed suicide, trying to understand what he could have done. So to me in the song, the person feeling bad has 20 years. (probably the age he/she went away - let's say it's a she). The singer tries to tell her that she should sit and take a breath from her pain. That she should try to see it from another angle and to think about what she is about to do. He wants her to try to get the piece back together while she is losing it. It's on your face, is it on your mind ? can be seen as : The pain is your face, is it on your mind ? (she may have cut her face instead of arms or legs) Then he tries to tell her to last a bit longer to try to make a life, get experience, create something of her own so she can get something to hang on to. But he knows she cannot take it anymore and she has no much time. (How long can you wait) ''It feels good'' is like you said probably because she is cutting herself to release the pain ''Is that reason enough for you ?'' to answer the previous question is it on your mind. She is telling him that she cuts herself because the pain is also in her mind. And the narrator finally say that he can get her to stop cutting herself somehow but that he cannot take her mental pain away... and if he can't do that, she will continue. So he just doesn't know how to help her anymore even though he wants to. He feels useless but still wants her to find a way out. |
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