How to Save a Life
picture from Order of the Phoenix – Warner Bros.
Best Solo Performance
Listen here: How to Save a Life
Written and performed by MJ
To the tune of “How to Save a Life” by The Fray
Task one I said we need to talk
It’s Dragons where you’ll need to walk
There’s apprehension on your face
You think I want to win this race
The task, the maze, that fateful night
As you went left and I stayed right
We grabbed the cup, claimed victory
Drew one last breath and fell in front of me
Where did I go wrong? My fault you’re there
The danger caught me unaware
I can’t believe that you stood up to fight
I wish that I had saved your life
Let you know you must stay put
Locked in a cage you were, Padfoot
Grimmauld Place was dank and dim
You couldn’t leave there on a whim
My dreams had told me you had gone
I ran to Hermione and Ron
Ran off to the ministry
Where Death Eaters where waiting there for me
Where did I go wrong? My fault you’re there
You fought to prove how much you cared
Through the veil you passed out of my sight
I wish that I had saved your life
As you showed me the path ahead
you taught me that it is my choice to tread
The greatest man I’ll ever know
You guided me and watched me grow
You trusted me to take the task
And Voldemort’s secrets unmasked
I never dreamed your life would end
With a curse cast by someone you called a friend
Where did we go wrong, my great mentor
alone without you as my center
Losing you cut through me like a knife
I wish that I had saved your life
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Ah, music... by makani
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Excellent filk, MJ.
As you probably know, MJ, this is my favorite filk. When I hear the Fray’s version on the radio I get disappointed because it’s not you.
I love this filk… someday I’d love to see some new verses added to it, too… maybe? please?
me again… clearly I should have finished listening to the latest episode of WeasleyCast before I commented here too
I’ll try hard to be patient!
This is amazing. I listened to “Chosen One” and then this. Wow. Just wow.
This is perhaps the most powerful song I have heard. I think you totally encompassed the grief, anger and loss Harry felt at the end of Book 6. I would love to see this made into a music video with clips from the movies!
I should add that the photo you chose was perfect for this song.
This one still makes me cry every time. This time as I listened, I thought of the scene in “The Forest Again” in which Harry is surrounded by those he loves, by those who have died for him.
Thanks for doing this!