How To Save A Life - The Fray

Those who know me, know I love Lady Gaga, but of course, I do like other artists to, particularly, The Fray. I wanted to make a post about The Fray's How To Save A Life eons ago, but procrastinated up till now. The music video was intended to be about how the singer wanted to help a troubled teen, but couldn't due to invisible barriers, one of them being the reluctance of the child who refused aid to solve his/her problems.

However, the song is left rather open for interpretation. So, what I did was that I collected random excerpts that appeared in the music video, supposedly, the ones appearing in bold, are random quotes, supposedly struggles within themselves, the rest suggests that it it method of 'how to save a life', here it goes (in order of appearance):

LISTEN

8. HOLD STILL

DAD

MOM

15. let it GO

36. DON’T BE scared of DEATH

LAUGH

18. Talk to someone

45. Touch

BREATHE

22. CRY

23. ACCEPT

I’m not good enough

Fear

RELEASE

HAVE FAITH

SURRENDER

release the fear

1. LOVE

*secure

86. OPEN UP

11. Remember

99. SAY GOODBYE

*'secure' was rather ambiguous, as it appeared on the screen and was not written but appeared as a label on a brand, (supposedly a brand of a musical instrument?)

I love this video, it encompasses the essence of struggles within humans and people with heart felt emotions (i.e. a sense of realism in people). Having emotions that make you feel down should not be something that we should be ashamed of, as it naturally manifests each of us from time to time.

It's okay to be not okay =)