I suppose conserve would be a more correct (or at least less ambiguous) term for what's meant.
But as I said in the comment, "Save me!" is a bit funnier and draws your attention as it personifies the electricity (or the light switch) a little, like it's asking for your help as well as asking you to save electricity.
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Save me from - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
1. To liberate or deliver someone or something from a dangerous or threatening person, thing, place, or situation. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "save" and "from."
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I suppose conserve would be a more correct (or at least less ambiguous) term for what's meant.
But as I said in the comment, "Save me!" is a bit funnier and draws your attention as it personifies the electricity (or the light switch) a little, like it's asking for your help as well as asking you to save electricity.
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Save me is fine because it does not necessarily only mean to save something or someone from something.
If you look at the Oxford Dictionaries Online definitions for save, you'll see five definitions including the following:
Keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger.
- ‘they brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy’
The definition above fits the save from context
The definition relevant to the save electricity context is actually:
Preserve (something) by not expending or using it.
- ‘save your strength till later’
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Urban Dictionary
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Urban Dictionary: save me
When a guy or girl is out at the bars or a large party, and a creeper has attatched themselves with the hopes of getting laid, the guy or girl will give their friends the SAVE ME eyes · "I think we need to save Susan from that creeper dancing with her, she just gave me her save me eyes!"
Cambridge Dictionary
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SAVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
to prevent time, money, or effort from being lost or spent, or to help someone by taking an action to prevent time, money, etc., from being lost: ... [ T ] If you’d stop and pick up the kids on your way home, it will save me from having to ...
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Spare me: do not do this to me, have mercy on me.
Save me: Help me because I will fail or die without you.
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Spare me means that you do not want something. Ex: Spare me your excuses! (Is an unkind expression)
Save me means that you are a victim of something. Ex: Save me, my house is on fire!
Reddit
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r/avengedsevenfold on Reddit: Meaning of Save Me
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So, i can generally figure out a decent chunk of the meaning for most of the songs i listen to, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what Save Me is about. I've heard hypotheses of it being about being shunned by someone or a group of people and trying to find your way to a new life ("was it something we said?", "they all know", "i'm trapped in a vile world, i could use some guiding light, some place to go") but i'm not sure. The biggest thing that stumps me is the (epic) ending: "Tonight we all die young". Any creative fans out there have some hypotheses about it?
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I'm a bit late (7 years late) but I'll give my take anyway I do not think this song is about the rev I think this song is about living life only to realise that there is no point to living at all and is trying to find a reason as to why he/she should continue to live "save me I'm trapped in a vile world where the endgame is the same as any other were only here to die" "I could use some guided light some place to go if you hear me let me know"
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I haven't listened to it in a while, so I don't recall the exact lyrics for the entire song, but from what you wrote, my first thought was that of a dream. That is, a person's dream asking to be saved. Despite what our dreams say to us (dreams as in our wishes, not dreams while sleeping), we're trapped in a vile world (limited, harsh world of reality) and our dreams rarely become reality. Therefore, the dream is asking for some guidance in order to make itself reality before it dies young (we dream of our future a lot when we're young, but as we grow up, dreams are met by realistic expectations and usually die off). Might be a long shot if I look at the full lyrics, but that was my first thought.
WordReference
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save me (from) | WordReference Forums
February 1, 2015 - Hello, my friends, I check the dictionary finding one of the set collocation of "save" is "save from" : to prevent (someone) from experiencing something bad, etc. This will save you from having to retype your paper.
NBC
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Jelly Roll Reveals How the Lyrics to His Song “Save Me” Came to Him in a Dream
Jelly Roll described his song “Save Me” as a “personal cry for help” in an interview with Billboard. The single from his 2020 album, Self Medicated, tells a raw story of someone struggling with something difficult — feeling like a ...
Published March 17, 2025
Definitions.net
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What does save me mean?
Save Me (Wake Up Call)" is a song by the San Diego-based rock band Unwritten Law, released as the first single from the band's 2005 album Here's to the Mourning. It was written by singer Scott Russo along with Aimee Allen and Linda Perry, and was produced by Perry and Sean Beavan.
American Songwriter
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The Meaning Behind Jelly Roll's Song of Addiction and Recovery "Save Me"
Somebody save me, me from myself ... in, the meaning behind lyrics moves around feelings of defeat, desperation, self-loathe, and hopelessness often associated with addiction....
Published July 21, 2023
Quora
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What does 'save me from my friend' mean? - Quora
Answer: I believe this quote is attributed to Maréchal Villars who, when leaving the court of King Louis XIV, is supposed to have said: "Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies". Villars likely meant to be ironic -- that his "friends" were other courtiers who were two-fac...
Stay Free Radio
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Eminem Somebody Save Me Meaning: An In-Depth Review
July 28, 2024 - "Somebody save me / Me from myself / I've spent so long livin' in hell": This repeated chorus encapsulates the desperation and internal struggle of addiction. The plea for salvation reflects the desire to escape the self-destructive cycle and ...
SongMeanings
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Queen - Save Me Lyrics & Meanings | SongMeanings
actually seems to be the narrator (freddie) is telling the story from the side of the female: she is saying "save me" but he is not responding, the last resort/guilt trip trying to get the unmoving guy back ... Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.
Quora
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What is the meaning of the song 'save me' by BTS? - Quora
Answer (1 of 3): There are many theories but there is one theory I can relate. It is an example of how those seven boys not give up. They can write their own story. They have to hope. The boys are on a beach. Do you remember prologue? in prologue Jin was dying at this beach.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Save Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
SAVE meaning: 1 : to keep (someone or something) safe to stop (someone or something) from dying or being hurt, damaged, or lost; 2 : to stop (something) from ending or failing to make (something that is in danger of failing) successful
SongFacts
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Save Me From Myself by Vertical Horizon - Songfacts
"The reason I started writing songs, is I needed to get it out. And for me, the lyric and the chorus that I'm most proud of is, 'Save me from myself, I can't relate, we're mouth to mouth and still I suffocate.' It's like you have the beauty, you have the love, right in front of your face.
SongMeanings
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Staind - Save Me Lyrics & Meanings | SongMeanings
The person who cares about him the most and understands him can save him from all of it. He doesn't need his friends and all the bullshit drugs and shit to numb his pain. He needs love and a new life to start over.
SongMeanings
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Aimee Mann - Save Me Lyrics & Meanings | SongMeanings
So expressing the hope that she will be saved both from the sick-at-heart people, and from BECOMING ONE OF THEM, she asks to be saved. Like Peter Pan could swoop down and snatch her from the jaws of the crocodile, or Superman could carry her away. Both heroes are able to fly, but they are at the extreme opposite ends of what she has experienced in her love-life (perennial boys and macho-men).