Saving Me by Nickelback
Prison gates won’t open up for me
On these hands and knees I’m crawlin’
Oh, I reach for you
Well I’m terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can’t hold my soul in
All I need is you
Come please I’m callin’
And oh I scream for you
Hurry I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’
[Chorus:]
Show me what it’s like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I’ll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I’ll leave this life behind me
Say it if it’s worth saving me
Heaven’s gates won’t open up for me
With these broken wings I’m fallin’
And all I see is you
These city walls ain’t got no love for me
I’m on the ledge of the eighteenth story
And oh I scream for you
Come please I’m callin’
And all I need from you
Hurry I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’
[Chorus]
Hurry I’m fallin’
All I need is you
Come please I’m callin’
And oh, I scream for you
Hurry I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’
[Chorus]
Hurry I’m fallin’
This song is about a man who has the horrifying ability to see timers over people’s heads that tell him when they will all die. The music video is a MUST-SEE to help understand the lyrics: A man is saved by a random stranger before he blindly steps onto the street and almost gets struck by a bus. He begins to see timers above the heads of other people, but he appears not to have one of his own. He attempts to figure out what the timers represent, yet he is unable to until an old woman’s reaches 0:00:00 and she dies. He makes the connection that the numbers within the timers are an indicator of how long the people have to live. At the end of the video, he manages to save a woman’s life from getting crushed by a falling stone-statue as she approaches her (her time had been close to 0:00:00); it is then that the woman begins to see timers over people’s heads. Although not explicitly presented, the implication appears to be that once the person has saved another, they are “released” from their burden and can no longer see the timers. It becomes the newest person’s job to save another.
The video also features brief shots of the band performing the song casually in an apartment that appears to be above the street where the main part of the video is taking place.