“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.
ëùàìåäéí áøà ú'çåùê
äåà áøà ìðå éøç
ùéøàå àéê àðçðå áåããéí
àú äéøç ùí âáåä
ùìà ðåëì ìéâåò
åéù ëîä ùòãééï îðñéí
éìãéí îúòåôôéí
ëãåøéí ëçåìéí ñâåìéí
åäàåø ùîìååä àåúå öåðç
æä àåø äéøç
ëùàìåäéí áøà ú'çåùê
äåà áøà ìðå éøç
ùéøàå àéê àðçðå ôåçãéí
àú äéøç ùí âáåä
ùìà ðåëì ìéâåò
åéù ëîä ùòãééï îðñéí
äéìãéí ðòìîéí
òîåãéí áòéúåðéí
åäàåø ùîìååä àåúå öåðç
æä àåø äéøç
äéìãéí áîùáøéí
ääåøéí ëçåìéí ñâåìéí
åäàåø ùîìååä àåúå öåøç
æä ø÷ àåø äéøç
äáï àãí öåøç
ëé éù ìå òåø ùì éøç
äåà áøà ìðå éøç
ùéøàå àéê àðçðå áåããéí
àú äéøç ùí âáåä
ùìà ðåëì ìéâåò
åéù ëîä ùòãééï îðñéí
éìãéí îúòåôôéí
ëãåøéí ëçåìéí ñâåìéí
åäàåø ùîìååä àåúå öåðç
æä àåø äéøç
ëùàìåäéí áøà ú'çåùê
äåà áøà ìðå éøç
ùéøàå àéê àðçðå ôåçãéí
àú äéøç ùí âáåä
ùìà ðåëì ìéâåò
åéù ëîä ùòãééï îðñéí
äéìãéí ðòìîéí
òîåãéí áòéúåðéí
åäàåø ùîìååä àåúå öåðç
æä àåø äéøç
äéìãéí áîùáøéí
ääåøéí ëçåìéí ñâåìéí
åäàåø ùîìååä àåúå öåøç
æä ø÷ àåø äéøç
äáï àãí öåøç
ëé éù ìå òåø ùì éøç
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