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If You Can Save Me Now Lyrics
if you can save me now,
let's go someplace safe and sound.
i'll try not to weigh you down,
but i don't know if i can wait around.
if you can save me now,
let's go someplace safe and sound...
it happened fast, like a camera flash.
the accident - then the aftermath.
not even sure what caused the crash.
if i had the strength, i would probably laugh.
i'm so relaxed.
warm like blood.
layin' on my back in the sun-dried mud.
there's no point in even trying to get up.
i got my eyes glued to the blue sky above.
and it's been a beautiful summer.
it reminds me of when i was younger.
used to count down to the sound of thunder
i smell fresh cut grass mixed with the burnt rubber.
and i don't need to take a glance to know,
cause' i can hear the traffic as it passes slow.
they' on the other side of the window -
checkin' out the damage, lookin' at the show.
i can hear the sirens get near.
mama used to tell us to plug our ears.
it get's so loud and clear until every other noise disappears.
and right now i'm tryin' to block it out,
by imagining the sounds that come out' your mouth.
i saw two birds fly south,
and i thought about the day we bought that house.
memories seem so real. just like everything that i feel.
tried to coast on all five wheels.
i wanna cry, i keep the tears concealed.
i hear voices; footsteps.
a cops radio off to the left.
the noise made me reflect.
somewhere along the way i must've caught my breath.
drifting. dreaming. and then i heard somebody screaming.
but i don't even want to know the reason,
so i kept my focus on the view i'm seeing.
started thinkin' bout the ones thats gone.
everybody from the past that passed on.
you played your cards, had to stand strong.
but it ain't that hard to sing a sad song.
we all got scars and broken parts.
but most of the marks stay close to my heart.
waitin' for the down-poor to start.
the rain clouds over my head got dark.
and then i saw my angel cut through the storm -
she was in a firefighter uniform.
i close my eyes so i can see some more
and for the first ever i remember bein' born.
if you can save me now,
let's go someplace safe and sound.
i'll try not to weigh you down,
but i don't know if i can wait around.
i say ...
if you can save me now,
let's go someplace safe and sound.
i'll try not to weigh you down,
but i don't know if i can wait around.
i say...
but i don't know if i can wait around, i say..
i'll try not to weigh you down, but i don't know if i can wait around, i say...
if you can save me now.
let's go someplace safe and sound.
i'll try not to weigh you down,
but i don't know if i can wait around.
if you can save me now,
let's go someplace safe and sound...
the accident - then the aftermath.
not even sure what caused the crash.
if i had the strength, i would probably laugh.
i'm so relaxed.
warm like blood.
layin' on my back in the sun-dried mud.
there's no point in even trying to get up.
i got my eyes glued to the blue sky above.
and it's been a beautiful summer.
it reminds me of when i was younger.
used to count down to the sound of thunder
i smell fresh cut grass mixed with the burnt rubber.
and i don't need to take a glance to know,
cause' i can hear the traffic as it passes slow.
they' on the other side of the window -
checkin' out the damage, lookin' at the show.
i can hear the sirens get near.
mama used to tell us to plug our ears.
it get's so loud and clear until every other noise disappears.
by imagining the sounds that come out' your mouth.
i saw two birds fly south,
and i thought about the day we bought that house.
memories seem so real. just like everything that i feel.
tried to coast on all five wheels.
i wanna cry, i keep the tears concealed.
i hear voices; footsteps.
a cops radio off to the left.
the noise made me reflect.
somewhere along the way i must've caught my breath.
drifting. dreaming. and then i heard somebody screaming.
but i don't even want to know the reason,
so i kept my focus on the view i'm seeing.
started thinkin' bout the ones thats gone.
everybody from the past that passed on.
you played your cards, had to stand strong.
but it ain't that hard to sing a sad song.
we all got scars and broken parts.
but most of the marks stay close to my heart.
waitin' for the down-poor to start.
the rain clouds over my head got dark.
and then i saw my angel cut through the storm -
she was in a firefighter uniform.
i close my eyes so i can see some more
and for the first ever i remember bein' born.
let's go someplace safe and sound.
i'll try not to weigh you down,
but i don't know if i can wait around.
let's go someplace safe and sound.
i'll try not to weigh you down,
but i don't know if i can wait around.
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emptybrainfullsoul, knowing how Slug is, i think there is a secondary meaning. i think its someone who was in a wreck and see's life flash before their eyes. Looking and listening to the lyrics you'd think its told from the perspective of someone who lays wounded from the wreck. but the hook suggest hes probably reffering to someone who can save him, not physically but perhaps spiritually, mentally, emotionally? the wreck could symbolize a relationship gone bad and the hook represents a message to the girl who can save him or mend him back together. i figure its a girl hes telling this to because he describes her as an angel and instead of a male firefighter, its a female "the rain clouds over my head got dark. and then i saw my angel cut through the storm - she was in a firefighter uniform."
is this just about an accident? or is there a secondary meaning?
From what I can gather, I think this song is about Slug (or any man, for that matter) imagining his own death.
obviously it's about a relationship. it crashed, he doesn't even know when the thing started to get wrong. he remembers all the nice things they went through together and he remembers her all the time. all he wishes for is for her to come back and make him feel as good as he feels. it's almost like he's dying without her, he's empty without her, if you know what i mean... at least, that is what this song means to me