![]() In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. ![]() 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. “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. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. “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. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. But there is seemingly no way out but death. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"-being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. I can't stop until I get this plan through Congress If you take your time (look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now) Where we can stay (we can all go stay with our father) Run away with us for the summer (let's go upstate) (In a nearby park) (screw your courage to the sticking place) ![]() There's a lake I know (I know I'll miss your face) I lose my job if I don't get my plan through Congress Run away with us for the summer let's go upstate You know I have to get my plan through Congress ![]() She came all this way (all this way, take a break) I know you're very busy I know your work's importantīut I'm crossing the ocean and I just can't waitĪlexander, come downstairs, Angelica's arriving todayĪngelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his familyĪngelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn't have a real job anyway I'll be there with your family if you make your way upstate I'm coming home this summer at my sister's invitation With a comma after dearest, you've written One stroke and you've consumed my waking days, it says It changed the meaning, did you intend this I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase In a letter I received from you two weeks ago There's someone in your corner all the way across the sea You and I can go when the night gets dark Run away with us for the summer, let's go upstate My daddy's trying to start America's bank I have a sister, but I want a little brother (okay) I practice French and play piano with my mother (uh-huh) You can write rhymes but you can't write mine ![]() I am a poet, I wrote this poem just to show it I'll be there in just a minute, save my plate There's a little surprise before supper and it cannot wait I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive painĪnd Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play My dearest, Angelica, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrowĬreeps in this petty pace from day to day One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine Good, un deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit (Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf) Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ![]()
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