More songs by Foo Fighters
Description
There's something painfully beautiful about the moment when words no longer save you, but you still want to say something. At least out of politeness to the silence. The song is like it's sitting on the border between "still together" and "no longer together," slowly turning promises in its hands – unnecessary, but still warm. It contains a weariness from endless "let's talk later" and a strange calm of those who have finally stopped waiting for an answer to the question "what is real." It sounds like someone turned off the lights not out of anger, but simply because it's bedtime. Everything important has already been said - only the echo repeats the last lines while the hope that this isn't the end, but a comma, still stirs within.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Save your promises until we meet again
You can save all your promises 'til the bitter end
What is real? I'm asking for a friend
What is real? I'm asking for a friend
Or is this the end?
Give me a reason, show me a sign
Ugliest truth or the prettiest lie
I feel it fading away, fading on you
Searching for something to pray, words I can use
To lay your worry down
Lay your worry down
Save your promises until we meet again
You can save all your promises until the bitter end
What is real? I'm asking for a friend
What is real? I'm asking for a friend
Or is this the end?
When you're alone, am I a part of you?
Am I a part of you? Am I a part of you?
You're not alone, I am a part of you
I am a part of you, when I'm apart from you
I feel it wearing away, wearing on you
Searching for something to pray, words I can use
To lay your worry down
Save your promises until we meet again
You can save all your promises until the bitter end
What is real? I'm asking for a friend
What is real? I'm asking for a friend
Or is this the end?
Give me a reason, show me a sign
Ugliest truth or your prettiest lie
Free you from burden, take what I give
Take it away now, permission to live
Save your promises until we meet again
You can save all your promises until the bitter end
What is real? (Save your promises)
I'm asking for a friend
What is real? (Save all your promises)
I'm asking for a friend
Or is this the end?