Vienna

Album: How To Save A Life (2005)
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Songfacts®:

  • Billy Joel and Ultravox aren't the only ones with songs called "Vienna." The Fray's song is a piano ballad about the end of a relationship after the couple has tried everything they could to make it work, but in the end couldn't keep it together. Yet, the singer remains open: "Is there really no way to reach me, am I already gone?" It's easy to see which side of the relationship the problems may have lain on.
  • "Vienna" first appeared on The Fray's 2003 EP Reason, which they released independently as they were growing their following in Colorado. They got signed to Epic Records in 2004, and a year later included the song on their debut album, How To Save A Life, which includes the hits "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and the title track. The song was written by lead singer Isaac Slade, guitarist Joe King, and bass player Dan Battenhouse.

Comments: 2

  • Tom from IllinoisThe song has a second meaning: someone considering suicide, or perhaps already having committed suicide and looking at life from the afterlife and imagining the people they left behind.
  • Timmy from Mukilteo, Waamazing song.
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