( "How to Save a Life" )
Step 1:
You mention that we should speak.
He walks, you say.
Sit down and you just start talking.
He returns your kind grin.
You just look at me kindly.
To your right, there's a window of some kind.
You stay to the right while he moves to the left.
In between blame and terror.
You start to question your purpose for coming.
What went wrong, and where.
I suffered the loss of a buddy.
In the midst of the resentment.
Furthermore, I would have remained up all night with you.
If only I had known how to prevent a life.
Tell him that you are the expert
Because, in the end, you are the expert.
Attempt to get over his defense.
Without admitting guilt.
Write out a list of the issues.
The things you have always told him.
And ask God to hear you.
And I ask God to listen to you.
And where did I make a mistake.
Along with the bitterness, I lost a friend.
And I would have spent the entire night with you.
If only I knew how to save lives.
As he starts to lift his voice.
You give him one final option by lowering yours.
Drive until the road disappears.
Or sever ties with the ones you've adhered to.
He is going to do one of two things.
He'll acknowledge everything.
Or he may claim that he has simply changed.
You'll start to question why you came.
Where did I make a mistake?
Along with the bitterness, I lost a friend.
And I would have spent the entire night with you.
If only I knew how to save lives.
Where did I make a mistake?
I suffered the loss of a buddy.
Methods for saving lives.
Methods for saving lives.
Where did I make a mistake?
I lost a friend.
Somewhere in the resentment.
And I would have spent the entire night with you.
If only I knew how to save lives.
Where did I make a mistake?
I lost a friend.
Somewhere in the resentment.
And I would have spent the entire night with you.
If only I knew how to save lives.
Methods for saving lives.
Tips for saving a life.
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