I don't own Maximum Ride or the song.

Third person POV

Fang felt the impact, as he crash-landed on the boulder. He had lost a fight to an enemy. A weak enemy, at that.

That was the day Fang began to doubt himself.

Max POV

Step one you say we need to talkHe walks you say sit down it's just a talk

Fang told me to sit in the chair, to talk.

He smiles politely back at youYou stare politely right on through

He gave me a slight Fang-like smile. I knew something was wrong so I just looked in the direction of him, not actually looking at him.

Some sort of window to your rightAs he goes left and you stay rightBetween the lines of fear and blameYou begin to wonder why you came

I hadn't seen him in a while. Why had I come if I knew what he was going to say? I knew he was going to say this sense he began doubting himself, over one fight.

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friendSomewhere along in the bitterness

He just hadn't been his-self since that day.

And I would have stayed up with you all nightHad I known how to save a life

I knew that this was because of me. I could have told him it was just one fight. And I did. Why didn't I try harder?Let him know that you know bestCause after all you do know best

"Fang, You didn't do anything wrong," I told him. I'm the leader, I know it was just an off day.

Try to slip past his defenseWithout granting innocence

He gave me a cold look, and I gave it back.

Lay down a list of what is wrongThe things you've told him all along

"Fang, you didn't do anything wrong," I repeated.

And pray to God he hears youAnd pray to God he hears you

I couldn't anything more than that.Where did I go wrong, I lost a friendSomewhere along in the bitternessAnd I would have stayed up with you all nightHad I known how to save a lifeAs he begins to raise his voice

"I lost! If I can't do that, then what can I do?" He yells at me.

You lower yours and grant him one last choice

"You can not give up."Drive until you lose the road

He told me to get out, so I did. I drove until I didn't know where I was.

Or break with the ones you've followedHe will do one of two things

He could keep going, or he could give up.

He will admit to everythingOr he'll say he's just not the same

HE was giving up.

And you'll begin to wonder why you cameWhere did I go wrong, I lost a friendSomewhere along in the bitternessAnd I would have stayed up with you all nightHad I known how to save a lifeWhere did I go wrong, I lost a friendSomewhere along in the bitternessAnd I would have stayed up with you all nightHad I known how to save a lifeHow to save a lifeHow to save a lifeWhere did I go wrong, I lost a friendSomewhere along in the bitternessAnd I would have stayed up with you all nightHad I known how to save a lifeWhere did I go wrong, I lost a friendSomewhere along in the bitternessAnd I would have stayed up with you all nightHad I known how to save a lifeHow to save a life

Why didn't I try harder?