A Man Who Cannot Be Saved

Information
"A Man Who Cannot Be Saved" is a song in which Peter Howland is recounting his experience finding Jacob Wells's body as well as beginning to explain his philosophy on survival. "A Man Who Cannot Be Saved" is the third song on the soundtrack album. It is also the titular song of episode 1.

Featured Characters

 * Peter Howland
 * Peregrine Wells
 * John Francis Van Calcar
 * Woodsley O'Connor
 * Lexy DeKoenig
 * Eric Miller
 * Jacob Wells (mentioned)

Lyrics
HOWL:

It’s always the smell, the smell hits you first.

And as far as smells go, death is damn near the worst.

So I followed my nose like a curse ‘til I found the remains.

He was slumped in the brush, exposed to the cold

Had his phone in his hand as if god was on hold

That's the mark of a man who cannot be saved.

In the days leading in, I’d heard all their calls

Saw them flock to the woods bearing no skills at all

So I wasn’t too shocked when I saw how that boy had behaved.

He had never been taught, never learned to survive,

Didn’t make any plan, left his wounds open wide,

That’s the mark of a man who cannot be saved.

There’s the hunger, the thirst, the choking on wind.

You lose grip of hope, that’s when panic sets in

You forget who you are, where you’ve been, the mistakes that you’ve made.

If you think it’s the end, if you think you’re alone

Then it is, and you are, and there’s no going home

That’s the mark of a man who cannot be saved.

If you’re eight or eighteen, or a bleak sixty-five

There’s one job in life, you have to survive.

So why, honestly why isn’t anyone trained?

These kids asked for help, these kids understand

They saw how this town left their lives up to chance

They’re saving themselves

PEREGRINE, ERIC, JOHN FRANCIS, LEXY, WOODSLEY:

We’re saving ourselves...

HOWL:

Because no one else can

PEREGRINE:

No one else can

JOHN FRANCIS & ERIC:

No one else can

LEXY & WOODSLEY:

No one else can

HOWL:

You want to believe that the fight will be fair

That someone will come, or that someone will care.

That’s the mark of a man who cannot be saved

That’s the mark of a man who cannot be saved.