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Saving Us Tonight Lyrics
far above the city streets
sits the queen of apathy
watching the rain fall
staring out the window
i’m right here but you’re still alone
drowning in it all
baby talk to me
baby can’t you see
that everything we fail to recognize
takes its toll and
everything that’s eating us alive
kills us slowly
you can say there’s nothing wrong
close your eyes until it’s gone
but i won’t let us die without a fight
i’m saving us tonight
so tell me what your running from
don’t be afraid to come undone
all you’re scared to say
isn’t worth the work it takes
to keep it in and live this way
with all the heartache
baby talk to me
don’t just let it be
cause everything we fail to recognize
takes its toll and
everything that’s eating us alive
kills us slowly
you can say there’s nothing wrong
close your eyes until it’s gone
but i won’t let us die without a fight
i’m saving us tonight
you’d forgive everyone else
of what you can’t forgive yourself
we’re all a bunch of crooked souls
gripping what we won’t let go of
we all get to this point in love
most get here and just give up
but i won’t let us die
without a fight
i’m saving us tonight
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To me it sounds like the speaker is singing to someone he is in love with who is struggling with depression or a secret past filled with regret. And he is kind of helplessly saying, "Please talk to me" and "you're not alone" but he knows that she/he can't hear him, and wont communicate, and it is ruining their relationship. Maybe the other party has even suggested that they go their separate ways. And the singer knows that the only thing that will make her/him better is to 'come clean' so-to-speak. To let go of the power of those secrets by revealing them. And he/she is saying that he/she will listen and not judge, and will be there no matter what, and that he/she wont give up. I live how he says, "Most get here and just give up, but I wont let us die without a fight."
It's kind of a sad song because it doesn't resolve really. The only true resolve in the song is that of the singer who is unwilling to lose the relationship without a fight to the death.Kind of a like a 'I'll make it work, or die trying attitude', and is determined to fight no matter what. There is an irony, I think, because so few people feel like this about relationships, nowadays, or give up too easily, but he/she is saying, "Maybe you expect me to give up, but I won't." Its a true love song, not just about the mushy, feel-good times, but about fighting for something even when it might not seem worth it to anyone by you.