If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All)

This song feels like a bookend to "Even If You Don't".

The singer in that one is putting a lot of effort into propping up a relationship with an emotionally unstable person, possibly an addict. "I'm goin' crazy - trying to keep you sane" Here, he realizes that it's all collapsing and his efforts were wasted.

Gener showing off his vocal range in an impressive way

Beautiful song, emotionally charged from start to finish

If "It's Gonna Be A Long Night" is a Motorhead homage, then certainly this is one for Pink Floyd.

This song is brilliantly executed. I agree with izze90, but I also think it's about a sort of empty individual who needs something in his life. So s/he just starts hammering away at something meaningless "working myself to the bone" and gives him or herself the belief that there's some levity to what they're doing, even if it's absolutely meaningless. Just to believe in it.

I heard this is about Dean trying to give up alcohol.

For me, it's about someone who suffers from depression and/or drug addiction, and their lover is doing their utmost to make them happy.Very emotional song without being cheesy.Love it.

I love the vocals in this song.

For me personally this song has quite a lot of meaning, namely someone offering someone else close to them help because the person is depressed but the other person is rejecting the help. There is a bit of exasperation there in the persons viewpoint but at the same time they wont give up. All that echoes something i am going through with someone who is special to me. "I don't need saving".. :-(

Yeah the vocals in this song, particularly the 2nd chorus, are outstanding. As emotional and desperate as you'll ever hear.

I think the song title is the best indication of what the song is about. It's probably about Gener's divorce from his wife in 2003, the same year Quebec was released. Or about the end of their marriage.

Being co-dependent with someone, and trying to make them happy. Enabling them. Really needing them to be there for your own sanity. And not being able to keep it together anymore.

Someone else's demons having a significant impact on your life. It's probably about his marriage but it could be applied to any relationship, a spouse, a parent, anyone.

I think the whole song can kinda be summed up with the sentiment of not being able to help those who don't want to help themselves. Someone who's no help to themselves is never going to be able to really help those around them properly. I love the desperation and raw emotion of the vocals and crescendo of the music, as well as it being the epic closer to such a very emotion-charged album.