How To Save A Life – The Fray  Lyrics

July 31, 2009

Album: How to Save A Life
Genre: Piano Rock
Writers: Joe King, Isaac Slade
Released: July, 2006

How to Save a Life is the single that gave the name to the full-lenght album by The Fray. The song was released on July 4th, 2006 and received 2x certified Platinum by RIAA. The single sold around 2 million downloads around the world. For that reason, it was nominated on the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The lyrics talks about a personal Slade’s experience, the lead singer, when he was a mentor at a camp for troubled teens. This year, the band released their second self-titled album where has been popular singles like You Found Me and Never Say Never. Today, they were performing all these songs on VH1.



How To Save A Life - The Fray


Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through

Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And would I have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you’ve told him all along
And I pray to God he hears you
And I pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And would I have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
He will do one of two things
You will admit to everything
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And would I have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

How to save a life
How to save a life







Disclaimer - Category: Music of 2000s, rock, The Fray