1/3/2016
How To Save a Life is a song by the well-known American pop rock band, The Fray. The song can easily be recognized by any commoner, considering that the song has sold 4.7 million downloads as of January 2015. The song was released on August 28, 2005, instantly capturing the hearts of mankind across the globe. However, the underlying truth to the song is easily dimmed by the catchy tune in the background.
The song was inspired when Isaac Slade, the lead singer, was mentoring a seventeen year old boy at a camp for troubled teens. The teen was a musician who was struggling to overcome his addictions to alcohol and drugs, and as well as depression. On an interview with USA today, Slade described the teen's situation in how his friends and family displayed little to no support in helping the boy to overcome the rough patch that he was currently going through. The boy's friends and family approached him by saying, "Quit taking drugs and cutting yourself or I won't talk to you again." For a teen battling depression and addiction, or anyone for that matter, this was not the type of support that could ever be considered "helpful" in anyway.
The song How to Save a Life is about being in a difficult situation where you don't know what to do without the guidance and help provided by someone in a positive light, which is exactly what Isaac Slade provided for the young boy.
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