Lyrics for Savior as interpreted by Bejiita

Savior Lyrics
Until you crash
Until you burn
Until you lie
Until you learn
Until you see
Until you believe

Until you fight
Until you fall
Until the end of everything at all
Until you die
Until you're alive

Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care
Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care

Until you give
Until you've used
Until you've lost
Until you lose
Until you see
How could you believe?

Until you've lived a thousand times
Until you've seen the other side
This is my chance, this is my chance

Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care
Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care

Until the truth becomes a lie
Until you change
Until you deny
Until you believe...

This is my chance, this is my chance
I'll take it now because I can
This is my chance, I want it now

Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care
Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care

Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
I don't care

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sashley46
10-04-2005

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Well to me, it sounds like he is saying, that he doesnt need the help of someone who hasnt been in his situation. You have no idea what it is like, so why even attempt to try on something you have no idea about.

He doesnt care about what you think, cause if he cant do it himself, then why even try, that isnt the point of life, you need to do it yourself, or you can never do it yourself.

But that is just what I think.

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Bazal
10-30-2005

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My take on it....it's about religion. He's saying why live for someone else, someone you can't even be sure exists. Why put so much stock in faith rather than what you yourself can do and be. This is his chance at life and he's going to make the most of it, his way.

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Lyvreus
04-28-2006

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Depression followed by contemplating suicide possibly?
He's thinkign of killing himself, and he knows that most people don't understand why they would want to kill themselves. But when you're depressed, you don't really care and feel numb inside, for lack of another way of saying it. Anyways, he's hit rock bottom and killing himself is the only way/chance out.

However, the last part where he repeates "save me"...err..i unno? =P

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megarocker7
05-13-2006

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Great song. One of the best on the album in my opinion. It's hard to pin an exact meaning on this song if there is one. All of the above could be right.

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candu
06-02-2006

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i agree with sashley but at at the end wie he repeates "save me" i feel taht he is soo far into his problem that he doesnt care what you do just try and help him get outa his hole, at first all the help wasnts helping but now he has nowhere to go exept to the only ones trying to save him.. its waht i get

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viciousandromantic
06-03-2006

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it could be what the first comment says,

but I agree with lyverus more. and its evident from the first couple of seconds of the song, when they say "you always do that, he's always so sure about something, you have conviction and I appreciate that" which means at the end when he's saying save me save me, it means he wanted to die, and then he realized he didnt want to in the end.

but then again maybe he wants to die because of the first comments idea of the girl. who knows.

great song either way.

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Artemisian
06-18-2006

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Obviously has religious aspects, but not really about it, more using it as an analogy. Generally about people who are self-assured in assistance.

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hide_no_tameni
08-01-2006

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I think when he repeats "save me" at the end, his is mocking the idea of a Savior because he still doesn't care

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I ArKAnG3L I
09-26-2006

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I agree with hide no tameni about the Save Me part at the end.

This, to me, is about a person, more likely a girl, who is in some sort of group. It doesn't matter what group it is, only know that it is not some kiddy book club or something. And this new person comes in and basically gets the rest of the people to follow him except for this guy. This guy's been through everything in the song and he's basically had enough and he's now standing up and addressing the people of the group and convincing him that the new guy's not the way to go.

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I ArKAnG3L I
09-28-2006

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I mean that this is a guy speaking, and now I'm going to dissect this song more in depth then I did before.

Until you crash
Until you burn

[He’s saying until you’ve failed at something so completely it’s had SEVERE consequences]

Until you lie
Until you learn

[Until you’ve lied your way out of dangerous situations and learned the truth]

Until you see
Until you believe

[Until you’ve seen the truth and believe it]

Until you fight
Until you fall

[Until you’ve fought your own fights and lost them as well]

Until the end of everything at all

[If you keep your vows and promises and duties until the very end]

Until you die
Until you're alive

[Until you’ve died, whether in spirit, mind, or body and have been reborn anew and are living life the way it should be lived]

Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care
Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care

[Until you’ve done these things, don’t try to “liberate “ me]

Until you give
Until you've used

[Until you’ve given something up and until you’ve used someone else gift]

Until you've lost
Until you lose

[Until you’ve lost, like, a fight or something special and until you lose the biggest of them all]

Until you see
How could you believe?

[You preached about believing, but how can you until you’ve seen the truth?]

Until you've lived a thousand times
Until you've seen the other side

[Until you’ve lived a thousand faces, a thousand personas and until you’ve seen the dark side of things]

This is my chance, this is my chance

[This is MY chance to lead, not yours]

Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care
Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care

Until the truth becomes a lie

[Until you realize that what you believed as the truth was a lie]

Until you change
Until you deny

[Until you convert to the customs of this group and deny the one’s of your old group]

Until you believe...

This is my chance, this is my chance
I'll take it now because I can
This is my chance, I want it now

[You can’t have it]

Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care
Don't save me, don't save me
'Cuz I don't care

Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
I don't care

[Again, he’s mocking the “Savior” and telling him to try and save him, possibly after something’s gone wrong and it was all the guy’s fault.]

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minuteman
12-19-2006

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he's saying "either save me or don't save me; i don't really care, do what you want.".

so, at the end ("save me ...") he really is sort of mocking the idea of a saviour; he's sort of testing it, like "yeah, whatever.".

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BlackHawk007
12-24-2006

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i think this song is trying to give a big FUCK YOU to some supreme diaty, saying that because they cant fall, cant die, cant truly live by human standards, cant crash, or burn,that they dont have any authority to say that they can save me(the singer), because they havnt gone through what i(the singer)has been through

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Sweetdestiny
01-08-2007

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I deffintly agree with arkangel, theres no other way to put it. He's basiclly saying quit trying to save me because you can't until you experience what I've been through, seen what I've saw, fallen like I've fallen...ect.

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Flip_skater_357
02-01-2007

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it sounds like he is out of hope and doesnt want to be saved by knoww one

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savior_andthe_saved
02-26-2007

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i know this sounds out of line from what everyone else is saying
i think that it may be that the person speaking is the savior
[and it is seriously just a coincidence with my screename]
i think that he believes that he himself is in a depression, he does not want anyone to save him because he is not supposed to be saved because of who he is
he feels that until someone goes through and gains the knowledge that he has attained they cannot save him
and at the end he feels he doesnt care about his pride and just needs someone to save him

[although im starting to agree with arkangel more]

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BreakTheCycle
04-05-2007

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Reckon I agree with depression perspective. Thats what I always related it to, ultimatley saying it doesn't matter how much people try and help, they can never understand the bottomless depths that depression can induce. It's saying how the hell can you understand me and the pain im suffering if you've never experienced it, and trying the depression and emptiness felt into anger towards those trying to help in order to feel something other than the usual self hatred, worthlessness and hopelessness.

"I don't care" is a pretty standard response for someone suffering clinical/major depression when asked questions about their feelings and perspectives. Moreover, self-confidence and self-worth among depressives is pretty much non-existant, so when someone does reach out and try and help, it can quite often be thrown back in the 'saviors' face, out of complete and utter hopelessness that is transfered into anger. He feels, in this song, that he can't be saved. He is beyond help and so defective that opening up to anyone would take away the one thing holding him together - anger and hosility.

The last bit (save me; I don't care) it's a cry for help. It's saying he wants help, he wants someone to notice how miserable he is, and he does want to me saved. Nobody suffering depression wants to feel like that sort of desolation. Until you have, you can not imagine the depths of dispair it can induce. To me, it's saying "someone fucking notice, someone care, someone save me, because i've given up. I've tried, I've fought, I've lost and I can not do it by myself anymore. I don't care what happens to me anymore." Once you hit rock bottom, the struggle and effort required to get yourself out is just too draining, emotionally and mentally, to do it on your own. I reckon it's saying someone prove to me that there is someone out there that still gives a shit, because if theres not fuck it. I'm done.


It's really difficult to describe the emotions felt during a deep depressive episode, but this song, not only the lyrics, but how I interpret it, sums it up perfectly. I've gone through depressive episodes (not bloody emo 'depression' either, I actually have a real mental illness that swings me between depression, mania and psychosis, that I don't share with many people who know me personally) and this song just reflects so much of what i've gone through and been unable to vocalise with anyone.

There probably isn't a deep meaning behind the song, but it's how I interpret it, it's been a comfort song for a while now ;)

BTC.

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keyodie
04-21-2007

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I also agree that this song has to do with depression. I'll just pretend that it's a guy so it's easier to explain and I won't have to say he/she/him/her all the time. ;)
I think it's about a guy who is severely depressed. He's thinking of DOING something damaging to himself, whether it's trying drugs or committing suicide or something else. There are always people (parents, friends, counselors, etc.) trying to save him from the darkness he built around himself.
When he's saying all of those "until [insert words here]", he's telling all of those people that they don't understand. They haven't been through what he's been through, how can they help him? They will never understand until they experience what he has experienced. What they think he's feeling and thinking is not the reality at all.
The chorus is him telling everyone that they can't save him and to not even try. He doesn't care if they try and save him, and he won't even acknowledge it. They won't save him so why would he care in the first place? He thinks he is alone and that he is the only one that can have an impact on his life and himself.
Towards the end when he is talking about wanting this chance, it's after he has done whatever he had wanted to do (trying drugs, committing suicide, or some other self-damaging thing). He understands now that he needs help. He can't save himself. He wants this chance to live life like it should be lived again, but he already told all of those people that were trying to save him to fuck off. He wants the chance but he doesn't know if he will ever be saved. He doesn't know if he will ever have people there for him again. But at the same time, he doesn't want to be saved. The dark is inviting somehow. Maybe he doesn't deserve happiness. Maybe he was meant to live his life miserably so that others could have THEIR deserved happiness.
He's thoroughly confused about what he wants and the purpose of life. He wants this fogginess to clear up. He doesn't care anymore what happens to him. He wants someone to care and to save him, but he doesn't care at the same time which confuses him even more. He doesn't care because he knows that the chance that people will save him is unlikely, but it's also something else. He's confused about his life. He wants to be saved but he doesn't care at the same time. That's why he cries for help by saying "save me" repeatedly at the end and then adding "I don't care".

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keyodie
04-21-2007

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I also agree that this song has to do with depression. I'll just pretend that it's a guy so it's easier to explain and I won't have to say he/she/him/her all the time. ;)
I think it's about a guy who is severely depressed. He's thinking of DOING something damaging to himself, whether it's trying drugs or committing suicide or something else. There are always people (parents, friends, counselors, etc.) trying to save him from the darkness he built around himself.
When he's saying all of those "until [insert words here]", he's telling all of those people that they don't understand. They haven't been through what he's been through, how can they help him? They will never understand until they experience what he has experienced. What they think he's feeling and thinking is not the reality at all.
The chorus is him telling everyone that they can't save him and to not even try. He doesn't care if they try and save him, and he won't even acknowledge it. They won't save him so why would he care in the first place? He thinks he is alone and that he is the only one that can have an impact on his life and himself.
Towards the end when he is talking about wanting this chance, it's after he has done whatever he had wanted to do (trying drugs, committing suicide, or some other self-damaging thing). He understands now that he needs help. He can't save himself. He wants this chance to live life like it should be lived again, but he already told all of those people that were trying to save him to fuck off. He wants the chance but he doesn't know if he will ever be saved. He doesn't know if he will ever have people there for him again. But at the same time, he doesn't want to be saved. The dark is inviting somehow. Maybe he doesn't deserve happiness. Maybe he was meant to live his life miserably so that others could have THEIR deserved happiness.
He's thoroughly confused about what he wants and the purpose of life. He wants this fogginess to clear up. He doesn't care anymore what happens to him. He wants someone to care and to save him, but he doesn't care at the same time which confuses him even more. He doesn't care because he knows that the chance that people will save him is unlikely, but it's also something else. He's confused about his life. He wants to be saved but he doesn't care at the same time. That's why he cries for help by saying "save me" repeatedly at the end and then adding "I don't care".

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keyodie
04-22-2007

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Haha... Up there, I meant ATTEMPTED to do what he wanted to do. You can't exactly regret committing suicide after you've done it. :P

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Rori the Rocker
05-06-2007

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Yikes, long explanations... I'll try to make mine short.

It's a person trying to tell a group of people that he doesn't need their help because he's gone through more than they will ever know. The, "Until you..." parts lead onto that, saying that the people will never know until they go through it like he had. Whether it's depression or what, I don't know, it very well could be. There is also a number of relgious aspects in there too, but there's also a lot of that in 30 Seconds to Mars... which makes me wonder...

Does anybody know what Jared Leto's religion is? He writes most of the songs, and from what I've examined along with a number of people, well...

I'm just plain curious.

Rori

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Rise2Fall
05-15-2007

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Can someone explain the question when he sings "How could you believe"?
"Until you give
Until you've used
Until you've lost
Until you lose
Until you see
How could you believe?"

-Jay >:)

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blc43519
05-24-2007

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I dont believe this song is to be broken up into fragments and then analyzed. I believe it builds on itself and is a full whole song, so i totally disagree with arc angel in that aspect.

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sskyblue2007
07-08-2007

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Okay...I believe sashley has the best interpretation of this song. Basically to me, I feel that this represents someone who is trying to help someone. Instead of them accepting it, they try to deny it by saying they have never been in that situation so why should they give a damn? The religion aspect doesn’t really click to me. The only possible thing I can think of is that the reference to "Savior" in the songs title is probably meaning the person who is trying to play god and attempt to help a person in a time of need. So since some believe that god or religion doesn't really make our problems go away, how could he possibly? I can understand this situation. You are in such need of help but you think people will judge u if they themselves haven't experienced what you have, So you will deny any form of relief or help.

"This is my chance, this is my chance
I'll take it now because I can
This is my chance, I want it now"

Maybe referring to liberation of helping one's self. Believing to want help now will make him believe that it will cease his situation completely.

"Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
I don't care"

The end sums up the internal message to the song. Way deep down inside somewhere he wants someone to guide him after all..but he is so used to not wanting it, he will still deny it.

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Megami_Kage
01-13-2008

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This is so obviously about religion. No one seemed to really hit on the actual meaning of "save me". In christianity, when you save a person, you convert them, "show them the light", so to speak. In the song, he is challenging someone to save him, to give him proof that what they are saying is true. He wants them to give someone else's opinion a chance, and to not count everyone else as wrong until they've seen these things firsthand. "Until you see, how could you believe?"

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newfoundme
01-22-2008

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okay so to me this song means this.

its about someone who wants to commit suicide. they are contemplating and people are like "no dont do it everything will get better" but the narrator feels like they dont relate to him.

so he starts saying that no one can really relate to each other because we all deal with different things.

then he is like "this is my chance. dont save me." but then he is like "save me"
like give me a reason not to die. but no one does and he just ends with

"i dont care"

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