“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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Plastic Bag
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Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.

Anti-Hero
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I believe this is another amazingly on point and nuanced commentary on the insanity that follows emotionally abusive relationships. The abuser has no anxieties, no emotional pain, or salience/memory for that matter, so the survivor appears to be the crazy one, obsessed with the abuse and that buzzword that seems to ignite arguments about diagnosing people without a degree, etc. funny how you say the words domestic violence, abuse, abuse survivor and boom the subject changes. Anyways, I especially relate to her midnights becoming afternoons, complex PTSD often leads to this phenomenon, whether due to purposeful sleep deprivation by the abuser, or just hyper vigilance associated with the PTSD, along with the fear of facing people, especially your loved ones, who
Never actually understand, even if they try, because all they see is you, on fire, screaming about the arsonist that no one ever sees, and who has been spreading lies about your alleged mental instability, deceptive personality, etc. the whole time. While the last thing survivors need is more blame, our society supports a narrative that blames the objectively innocent party because the blatantly guilty party has spent their entire lives fabricating a persona and we’re just being human, and human psychology is quite counterintuitive especially in the context of trauma. Look at Amber Heard. Vilified and not believed, regardless of what any abuse survivor could recognize as a fellow survivor instantly. But Johnny depp is a malignant narcissist, a man, and wealthy as all get out. It’s sick.

Me and Johnny
Matt Paxton
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Loved by You
Justin Bieber
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Also Jonathan Ball was the other poor boy who lost his life in the bomb
I should know it was my birthday on that day and i was shopping in Warrington with my folks.
Great song, important subject too
1. The victims.
2. The perpetrators.
and i dont think your opinion is off or anything.
its just you letting people know what you interpret this song is about.
which is great to share that with people, by the way.
thanks for doing that.
I think you nailed it. Like a lot of songs, I believe "Zombie" is largely a stream of consciousness in which we're hearing an internal monologue of someone who would condone this violence (or maybe even commit a bombing himself/herself). Interspersed between those bits are commentary suggesting that this person has become a "zombie" who now sees innocent civilians as soldiers with "tanks and bombs" but, of course, that's all "in [his] head."
I wanted to point out that Israel has been doing nothing but defending itself against deadly assaults for the past 60 years by people who want to completely eliminate them. Israel has entered into peace talks before with their enemies, and the only acceptable terms is Israel's total annihilation (even giving 99% of their country over is not enough). So, when you say "Israel and Palestine need to get their act together and start working things out as human," you do a great disservice to Israel, who, at the moment they were declared a country, were attacked literally on all sides by forces that should have destroyed them. They are the victims, doing everything they can to protect themselves. Always remember that war often falls into two sides: Those who desire to seize what you own down to your freedom, and those who desire to protect what they own straight up to their freedom. Thank you for listening!
I wanted to point out that Israel has been doing nothing but defending itself against deadly assaults for the past 60 years by people who want to completely eliminate them. Israel has entered into peace talks before with their enemies, and the only acceptable terms is Israel's total annihilation (even giving 99% of their country over is not enough). So, when you say "Israel and Palestine need to get their act together and start working things out as human," you do a great disservice to Israel, who, at the moment they were declared a country, were attacked literally on all sides by forces that should have destroyed them. They are the victims, doing everything they can to protect themselves. Always remember that war often falls into two sides: Those who desire to seize what you own down to your freedom, and those who desire to protect what they own straight up to their freedom. Thank you for listening!