How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
You want me to have some
so spare me some hope.
Cause these days I'm running out of ways to cope.
My spirit has been broken
and can't be perfect again.
Feels like a burden carrying this lonely sin.
You know one day
you are going to get a phone call
announcing I gave up on it all.
Well it's obvious why
I radiate negativity.
Your dysfunctional ways rub off on me.
I've only learned
to do evil for evil.
And became an example of if hurt people hurt people.
If you could change something
what shall it be?
Remember I am you, you are me.
Oh God strike this from
my mind, these thoughts.
Too bad peace of mind can't be bought.
Because I would be a slave
to it up to this day,
not llike people are to worldly sins today.
Then we all wouldn't
be in this situation.
I curse everything about it, even the thought of migration.
Eventually it brings 2
people together right?
And then their children don't own their birth rights.
You only say that these things
don't last forever.
Litery speaking, the last time you were in my shoes was never.
For me a fighting chance was
never optional,
so let's call me what I am...dysfunctional.
so spare me some hope.
Cause these days I'm running out of ways to cope.
My spirit has been broken
and can't be perfect again.
Feels like a burden carrying this lonely sin.
You know one day
you are going to get a phone call
announcing I gave up on it all.
Well it's obvious why
I radiate negativity.
Your dysfunctional ways rub off on me.
I've only learned
to do evil for evil.
And became an example of if hurt people hurt people.
If you could change something
what shall it be?
Remember I am you, you are me.
Oh God strike this from
my mind, these thoughts.
Too bad peace of mind can't be bought.
Because I would be a slave
to it up to this day,
not llike people are to worldly sins today.
Then we all wouldn't
be in this situation.
I curse everything about it, even the thought of migration.
Eventually it brings 2
people together right?
And then their children don't own their birth rights.
You only say that these things
don't last forever.
Litery speaking, the last time you were in my shoes was never.
For me a fighting chance was
never optional,
so let's call me what I am...dysfunctional.
Lyrics submitted by nhchristian
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“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
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“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
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Tom Odell
I think the meaning is pretty clear. This person got really burned in a previous relationship, and because of this is unable to love and show care in his present one, even though he so badly wants to. It's lovely song, and very sad. You can really feel how defeated and frustrated he is with himself.
"The last time you were in my shoes was never"... I like that.