I just gotta ask this even though is may seem stupid?!
Question: What is The Fray's song "How to Save a Life" about?? And what about their song, "Over My Head?" I like their music, but the lyrics make no sense (to me)!
Answers: What is The Fray's song "How to Save a Life" about?? And what about their song, "Over My Head?" I like their music, but the lyrics make no sense (to me)!
From Wikipedia on "How to Save a Life":
According to lead singer and songwriter Isaac Slade, the song was composed and influenced by his experience while working as a mentor at a camp for troubled teens:
“One of the kids I was paired up with was a musician. Here I was, a protected suburbanite, and he was just 17 and had all these problems. And no one could write a manual on how to save him.”
Slade claims that the song is about all of the people that tried to reach out to the boy but were unsuccessful. As Slade says in an interview, the boy's friends and family approached him by saying, "Quit [the problem behavior] or I won't talk to you again," but all he needed was some support. The verses of the song describe an attempt by an adult to confront a troubled teen. In the chorus, the singer laments that he himself was unable to save a friend because he did not know how.
While this was the original intent of the song, the band has opened the song to interpretation. They created a website where fans were welcome to submit music videos they had made for the song. This arose from the response that Slade got from the song:
“ I got a lot of e-mails about it (...) One kid died in a car accident, and I guess it had been the last song he downloaded from his computer. They played it at his funeral, and some of his friends got Save a life tattooed on their arms. The response has been overwhelming."
And on "Over My Head":
The song was written about lead singer Isaac Slade's relationship with his brother, Caleb, nicknamed 'Cable Car' (which the song shares its name with). He wrote the song because he and his brother were allegedly not speaking and were at odds with each other.
do research on the bands lyrics
"how to save a life", i have heard, is about one of the guys in the band's friend who comitted suicide. and its saying how if that guy would have been there how their friend wouldnt have comitted suicide. thats one of my favorite sogs its beautiful.
Its all right here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Save...
"How to Save a Life" is about having someone close to you die. The song is about the grieving person in a counselor's office. There is a good chance the grieving person is a child. The song is basically about how the griever tried to think of all the ways of how it was their fault that the person dies, and the counselor trying to help them through the 5 stages of grieving or whatever.
"Over My Head" is about this guy who has fallen for a girl who is completely out of his league and he needs to make a move fast before she gets picked up again by someone else.
hope that was helpful.
M.C. Kennelly
sorry i have no idea.