[ti:How to Save a Life] [ar:Boyce Avenue] [al:Cover Sessions, Vol. 5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]How to Save a Life - Boyce Avenue [00:02.62]Lyrics by:Isaac Slade/Joe King [00:05.25]Composed by:Isaac Slade/Joe King [00:07.88]Step one you say we need to talk [00:11.93]He walks you say sit down it's just a talk [00:16.90]He smiles politely back at you [00:20.63]You stare politely right on through [00:24.56]Some sort of window to your right [00:28.51]As he goes left and you stay right [00:32.67]Between the lines of fear and blame [00:36.43]And you begin to wonder why you came [00:39.96]Where did I go wrong I lost a friend [00:44.24]Somewhere along in the bitterness [00:47.72]I would have stayed up with you all night [00:52.14]Had I known how to save a life [01:03.55]Let him know that you know best [01:07.18]'Cause after all you do know best [01:11.72]Try to slip past his defense [01:15.27]Without granting innocence [01:19.72]Lay down a list of what is wrong [01:23.93]The things you've told him all along [01:26.92]And pray to God he hears you [01:30.49]And pray to God he hears you [01:34.90]Where did I go wrong I lost a friend [01:39.31]Somewhere along in the bitterness [01:43.08]I would have stayed up with you all night [01:47.22]Had I known how to save a life [01:58.34]As he begins to raise his voice [02:02.16]You lower yours and grant him one last choice [02:06.88]Drive until you lose the road [02:10.06]Or break with the ones you've followed [02:14.68]He will do one of two things [02:18.21]He will admit to everything [02:22.10]Or he'll say he's just not the same [02:25.58]And you'll begin to wonder why you came [02:30.09]Where did I go wrong I lost a friend [02:34.39]Somewhere along in the bitterness [02:37.68]I would have stayed up with you all night [02:42.27]Had I known how to save a life [02:51.51]How to save a life [03:01.46]Where did I go wrong I lost a friend [03:05.83]Somewhere along in the bitterness [03:09.27]I would have stayed up with you all night [03:13.78]Had I known how to save a life [03:17.52]Where did I go wrong I lost a friend [03:21.60]Somewhere along in the bitterness [03:25.00]I would have stayed up with you all night [03:29.53]Had I known how to save a life [03:38.78]How to save a life [03:46.71]How to save a life