A/N: Um...I was feeling poetic. First songfic.

Savin' Me

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'

I'm the quiet one. Always have, always will be. I don't cry at the end of tearjerker movies. I never really cared when Old Yeller died. I didn't even cry those nights I sat up alone, thinking about how much my life went to Hell, the walls of the School around me. Still, just because I don't print my emotions on a T-shirt for the whole world to see…that doesn't mean I don't feel. Can you hear me Max? Can't you see I miss you?

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'

I heard what they said about the day you…died. They said you didn't beg. You didn't cry. Even when your own blood covered your own shirt. You just stood there. Stubborn. You were always the stubborn one. And I respected you for it. Loved you for it. Yet, dammit, Max, you couldn't bend just once? Not even to save your own life? Not even for me? Not even when they finally pushed you too hard…

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'

I cried the first time that night. The night they told me you weren't coming back. You just had to be the hero, did you? You just had to save the world. Aren't you listening to me, Max? Can't you hear me? Hear me crying. I loved you. I loved you more than I had ever loved anyone. I still love you. Max…are you listening?

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

I love you, Max. Just you. Always…you. You were worth saving. You were the one thing I would give my life for. And I regret not saying it. I regret that every damn day I spend without you. I loath the fact that I was too proud to just say it to your face…too proud to let you come into my arms. I loved you…Maximum Ride.