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Analysis Of Fray's Song 'How To Save A Life'

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In The Fray 's song “How to Save a Life” He feels guilty about not doing enough to show that he cares, so he loses a friend. He apologizes even though he has already lost a friend. The author of the song realizes what he did wrong and regrets his mistakes. Which is his conflict with himself .In line 11, The Fray says Somewhere along in the bitterness I lost a friend which is him realizing his loss. The main conflict he writes is “ As he goes left, and you stay right, between the lines of fear and blame you begin to wonder why you came.” This is the conflict of the story and a reason to the theme because The Fray gets mixed feelings and starts to regret. The author also finds control of his life eventually in the song. “Drive until you

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