(I DO NOT OWN STAR WARS)
Step one, you say we need to talk.
"Anakin!" I called. "Can I talk to you?"
He walks, you say sit down it's just a talk.
He smiles politely back at you:
You stare politely right on through.
He walked right past me. He never does that. "Anakin, sit down! It's just a talk." He smiled at me. It was different that time. It was more of a polite smile, not one shared between friends. I stared back at him.
Some sort of window to your right,
As he goes left and you stay right.
Between the lines of fear and blame,
You begin to wonder why you came.
We walked next to each other for a moment. I stopped at the window that we always stop at. He turned left and kept walking. I could tell he was afraid of something. And that he blamed... Someone... for something. Why did I ever come up to him? I thought.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend.
Somewhere along in the bitterness and,
Would I've stayed up with you all night.
Had I known how to save a life?
I watched him walk away. I knew I had lost a friend when he turned his back on my. I flashed back to my young padwan. I was almost never close to him. I knew something life threatening was going to happen. Now I knew I wasn't able to save his life.
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best.
I had tried to teach him. Let him know that I knew what was happening, how to help.
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence.
I tried to reach him; to get past his barrier and let him know I was there. I didn't want him thinking I was just an innocent helper, though.
Lay down a list of what is wrong
Things you've told him all along.
Pray to God he hears you
And I pray to God he hears you!
I gave him rules. Advice. Anything I could think of. I gave him constructive criticism. Told him what was wrong. I always was telling him the same thing 2, 3 times. It should've been a clue... Jedi aren't one for praying, but I prayed that he would hear me. And understand.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend.
Somewhere along in the bitterness and,
Would I've stayed up with you all night.
Had I known how to save a life?
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
He was yelling at me. I said quietly, "Anakin, you have to make a choice."
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
"Get in a ship and go to Padme. Take her with and Leave. Or, leave Padme, leave Palpatine, leave The Order, and never come back."
He will do one of two things:
He will admit to everything,
Or he'll say hes just not same.
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
"I've changed!", He yelled. "I'm not the same young padwan anymore, Obi-Wan!"
Why did I come? I thought desperately.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend.
Somewhere along in the bitterness and,
Would I've stayed up with you all night.
Had I known how to save a life?
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend.
Somewhere along in the bitterness and,
Would I've stayed up with you all night.
Had I known how to save a life?
How to save a life...
How to save a life.
I look at my padwan, my friend as he slowly dies in the lava. "YOu were my brother, Anakin! I loved you!"
"I Hate you!" He screamed. I turned and walked away, his screams folowing me to my ship. I picked up Padme and left, never to return.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend.
Somewhere along in the bitterness and,
Would I've stayed up with you all night.
Had I known how to save a life?
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend.
Somewhere along in the bitterness and,
Would I've stayed up with you all night.
Had I known how to save a life?
I have learned many things as a Jedi. But the lesson that was hardest to learn was that I DIDN'T know how to help Anakin. ANd I DIDN'T know How to Save a Life.
How to save a life...
How to save a life.
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