It is not so much that I HATE the band, they are just not really my deal. It's a little generic, a little bland, and super predictable. But then, like most things, if you listen hard enough in between all of the throwaways there are some very interesting lines. i like this song in particular because the lead in and fade out guitar riffs are slightly haunting. I am very much into anything that can give me the feels, anything that takes me to a place in my heart that I have been and cannot (will not) easily access.
This song could have been just another tosser if not for the line in the chorus:
"say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me.."
I couldn't get that phrasing out of my head. He didn't just want her to say it FOR him, but to say it TO him. Looking back, I have given heart to people that said all of these wonderful things about me, and couldn't bring themselves to say it TO me, to declare it, to make it legit. Dancing around the hard topics can be enticing, the anticipation building until you reach a frenzy. It's the courtship of it all. but at some point, you have to put up or shut up. If you want me, if you want my heart, you have to have the courage to step over that line. SAY IT if it is worth saving me!
And from another angle... I have a very good friend that is in quite the rough spot. I, along with the rest of his friends and family, are watching him drown. He is floundering, and not winning this fight. I get why he stays. He doesn't want to break his vows, he doesn't want his child coming from a broken home, and he lacks the confidence to turn his world upside down. People around him have hinted at wanting to help, but sometimes you have to SPEAK UP and say the hard things. SAY IT if it's worth saving him. I think of him every time I come across this song... Our friendship is in a treacherous position, as she knows that I won't stand idly by, and that threatens her very position. But I refuse to go to the funeral of a friend when I have things that have been left unsaid out of courtesy..
I will say it, because it's worth saving him.
