Feeling the stress/pain of a parent whose child is not handling things quite right...
Wanting things to go smoothly, easily for your child...
Wanting them to be spared pain in life, to not have to learn in the school of hard knocks...
and yet all you can do is stand on the sidelines, calling out to them, your hands fidgeting nervously, as you watch the choices they make.
(sigh)
Nothing to do but fidget with your hands...
and pray.
And then remember that God is working out a story in them too. Even now, His pen is on the page...
How to Save a Life
by The Fray
Step one: you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back to you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or brake with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
