<P> Lyrically, "Savior" deviates from the social and political topics normally discussed in Rise Against songs, and is instead about forgiveness and broken relationships . It tells the story of a couple who have recently split up . The two attempt to reconcile their differences, with lines such as "I don't hate you, boy / I just want to save you while there's still something left to save ." Critics have characterized the lyrics as "poignant", and "poetic". </P> <P> Lead vocalist Tim McIlrath wrote the lyrics . While writing the lyrics for Rise Against songs, McIlrath will often sing nonsensical words over completed melodies, in order to identify the lyrical tone that each song will eventually convey . For "Savior", McIlrath remarked that while he mostly sang gibberish, he always found himself singing the line "I don't hate you". McIlrath used this line as a base to construct the lyrics and themes present within "Savior". In a 2014 interview, McIlrath commented on how he had originally voted to cut the song from Appeal to Reason, but was eventually overruled . </P> <P> "Savior" was released on June 3, 2009, as the third and final single from Rise Against's fifth album Appeal to Reason . It remains one of the band's most successful singles to date, and spent a considerable amount of time on multiple Billboard music charts . Reaching as high as number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, it spent thirty - six weeks on the chart, the fourth most amount of time for any song on the chart . "Savior" peaked at number three on both the Hot Rock Songs and Alternative Songs charts, and holds the record for the most amount of time spent for the Alternative Songs chart with sixty - five weeks . It also held the longevity record on the Hot Rock Songs chart with sixty - three weeks, before Awolnation's "Sail" broke the record by spending ninety - six weeks . "Savior" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting shipments of 1,000,000 copies . In Canada, the song reached number sixty - eight on the Canadian Hot 100 . </P> <P> "Savior" was well received by critics . Hanson and Davey Boy of Sputnikmusic both praised the song; Hanson described it as "one of the most inspired songs (Rise Against) have written to date", while Boy wrote that "' Savior' sees absolutely everything come together perfectly to make for one hell of a song". Burgess felt that "Savior" was one of three Appeal to Reason tracks that would "satisfy anyone still uneasy about Rise Against's radio aspirations". Bob Hoose of Plugged In complimented the positive and hopeful lyrics . </P>

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