This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
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American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“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.
This song is what Aladdin wishes he was instead of what he is. I saw some of the first DVD commentary, and I think the song is about Aladdin's interior riches. In real life, Aladdin could never make it with a princess, because he's poorer than dirt and that's not how things usually work out.
In the original story and in Disney's movie, the appeal is that Aladdin goes from zero to hero to zero to hero. Real life is like this, fortunes do rise and fall very quickly.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time for its smart lyrics, using really clever and complex words that post a challenge to little kids. I puzzled over these lyrics for years before I looked up all the odd words.
At some point near the end of the film, Aladdin learns some sort of lesson about being his real self and not Prince Ali. But a lot in movies like this is "Life is pain - anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something". The better lesson is that in real life, people should marry people of similar economic backgrounds and put a lot of work into setting up a lifelong marriage. What's more, in real life, princesses are only desirable to princes - as royalty and rich people are the most spoiled, selfish and mean people on the planet. What's more, when the power is shifted in favor of the wife from the get-go, it adds unnecessary stress to the equation. Better the man be richer, and better to not let your life be decided by emotions and undue familiarity.