This song is about love, but not in the way that you may think. When looking at Rise Against's other songs, all of them follow the same trend; rarely using "I" or "Me", and almost always using "We" or "Us". This band is very politically based, and exist almost only to relay a message.
In Savior, although words like "I" are used, they are placed and said in a way that makes it more of a group of people. This song suggests being about the government in many places.
"That's when she said I don't hate you boy
I just want to save you while there's still something left to save"
Perhaps the government is in a poor state, but instead of revolting, repairing.
The whole first stanza of the song:
"It kills me not to know this, but I've all but just forgotten
What the color of her eyes were, and her scars or how she got them
As the telling signs of age rain down, a single tear is dropping
Through the valleys of an aging face, that this world has forgotten
There is no reconciliation that will put me in my place
And there is no time like the present, to drink these draining seconds
But seldom do these words ring true, when I'm constantly failing you
Like walls that we just can't break through, until we disappear"
This can not only show the change of the government, mainly in ideals, but how society is turning inward further and further, avoiding international issues.
This song is about love, but not in the way that you may think. When looking at Rise Against's other songs, all of them follow the same trend; rarely using "I" or "Me", and almost always using "We" or "Us". This band is very politically based, and exist almost only to relay a message.
In Savior, although words like "I" are used, they are placed and said in a way that makes it more of a group of people. This song suggests being about the government in many places.
"That's when she said I don't hate you boy I just want to save you while there's still something left to save"
Perhaps the government is in a poor state, but instead of revolting, repairing.
The whole first stanza of the song:
"It kills me not to know this, but I've all but just forgotten What the color of her eyes were, and her scars or how she got them As the telling signs of age rain down, a single tear is dropping Through the valleys of an aging face, that this world has forgotten There is no reconciliation that will put me in my place And there is no time like the present, to drink these draining seconds But seldom do these words ring true, when I'm constantly failing you Like walls that we just can't break through, until we disappear"
This can not only show the change of the government, mainly in ideals, but how society is turning inward further and further, avoiding international issues.