Meanwhile based on the actual wording of the song, the singer puts it into the context that he is rather dealing with “a friend”, i.e. And considering how serious the situation is, yes, it could be put forth that the title alludes to saving a life literally. But all things considered, it does not necessarily connote a person committing suicide – rather more along the lines of said individual wasting himself gradually. He did his best verbally – and one can even say faithfully – to positively impact his life. And it is that interaction which these lyrics are fundamentally based on. Slade had decided to intervene in the life of this individual for a weekend. An Act of InterventionĪnd yes, this song is based on an act – or perhaps more so we can ideology – of intervention. Once again going back to Isaac Slade, he decided to volunteer for an organization that deals with troubled teens. While there, he was paired with one who was not only a drug addict but also practiced physical self-harm. And due to such disturbing behaviors, dude had been ostracized by his family, friends and even best friend, the latter of which really depressed him. Rather it is more akin to the singer’s friend remaining in his established self-destructive mode, with the singer himself regretting his decision to intervene in the first place. Or as the vocalist puts it, ideally this person “will admit to everything”. And the alternative isn’t that he takes his own life. That is to say that the singer is not really referring to ‘saving a life’ in a literal, physical sense. Rather to him what this term equates to is the individual at hand – who is indeed woefully depressed and alienated – coming clean, accepting his mistakes and moving on constructively with his life.