I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
On the Ferris wheel
Looking out on Coney Island
Under more stars than
There are prostitutes in Thailand
Our hair in the air
Our lips blue from cotton candy
When we kiss, it feels
Like a flying saucer landing
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
In Las Vegas where
The electric bills are staggering
The decor hog wild
And the entertainment saccharin
What a golden age
What a time of right and reason
The consumer's king
And unhappiness is treason
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
The Sun falls down like honey
The Moon pours down like mercury
The stars fall down like money
And you come back to me
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
Looking out on Coney Island
Under more stars than
There are prostitutes in Thailand
Our hair in the air
Our lips blue from cotton candy
When we kiss, it feels
Like a flying saucer landing
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
In Las Vegas where
The electric bills are staggering
The decor hog wild
And the entertainment saccharin
What a golden age
What a time of right and reason
The consumer's king
And unhappiness is treason
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
The Sun falls down like honey
The Moon pours down like mercury
The stars fall down like money
And you come back to me
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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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.
Yeah! Why hasn't anyone left a comment about this song? (!) My favorite, personally...