![]() 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. Sometimes you just have to lay it all out there and that's what Jason Isbell is doing in this song. I don't know if this particular song struck the same chord with her as it did with me but I can say that we started talking again. I heard this song and included it on a playlist to share with her. I had a lot on my mind during that weekend between having to prepare a speech for the wedding and still trying to break through to her. The girl I love hadn't been talking to me for quite some time and had pretty much disappeared from my life. The first time I heard this song I was staying out of town to be in a friend's wedding. I miss Jason Isbell in Drive-By Truckers but I think he's really done a fantastic job on his own and with the 400 Unit. I love the acoustic guitar and the little slide parts too. Such a fantastic tune.įirst off - I FUCKING LOVE this song. ![]() He's willing to do whatever it takes to make things right. His former lovers are nothing in comparison to this woman and therefore he doesn't want either of them to change or go anywhere until he can make her realize that she's all he wants. “I thought it'd be me who helped him get home” He no longer wishes to live the careless, reckless life he was leading before and vows to set himself straight for this woman. The singer describes himself as someone who's constantly dodging falling in love because he doesn't trust anyone, but then this woman comes into his life and she changes everything. To me this song is not just a love song but it also is one of those love songs that delivers a message of "we need to sort this out" or "can't you see we're supposed to be together?" "I thought it'd be me who helped him get home"įirst off - I FUCKING LOVE this song. Put your faith to the test when I tore off your dressīut I sobered up and I swore off that stuff It's cold in this house and I ain't going out to chop wood A heart on the run keeps a hand on the gunīut I made it through, 'cause somebody knew
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