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Ed Sheeran – A Team lyrics
White lips, pale face
Breathing in snowflakes
Burnt lungs, sour taste


Light's gone, day's end
Struggling to pay rent
Long nights, strange men


And they say
She's
in the Class A Team
Stuck
in her daydream
Been this way since 18
But
lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
The
worst things in life come free to us
'Cause
we're just under the upperhand
And
go mad for a couple grams
She
don't want to go outside tonight
And
in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
Or
sells love to another man
It's
too cold outside
For angels to fly
Angels to fly

Ripped
gloves, raincoat
Try to swim and stay afloat
Dry house, wet clothes

Loose
change, bank notes
Weary-eyed, dry throat
Cool
girl, no phone

And
they say
She's in
the Class A Team
Stuck in
her daydream
Been this way since 18
But lately
, her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
And they
scream
The worst things in life come free to us
'Cause we're just under the upperhand
And go
mad for a couple grams
She don't
want to go outside tonight
And in
a pipe she flies to the Motherland
Or sells
love to another man
It's too
cold outside
For angels to fly
Angels to fly

An angel will die
Covered in white
Closed eye
And hoping for a better life
This time, we'll fade out tonight
Straight down the line

And we're
all under the upperhand
And go mad for a couple grams
We don't
want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe we fly to the Motherland
Or sell love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
Angels to fly
To fly, fly
Angels to fly, to fly, to fly

Angels to
die
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Songwriters: Edward Christopher Sheeran
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    What it means for anyone who starts on class a drugs, as a teenager, an empty devoid life, life as a prostitute and drug addict, lives in complete depravity and poverty as she turned to a life of crime to fund drug addiction, going out at night, walking the streets, doing without food, malnourished, cold, hungry, selling s** to men, not wearing warm clothes. Eventually succumbs and dies all addicts will perish this way unless they get urgent drug rehabilitation, the song shows how pointless a life on drugs is. Look at whitney houston for example. Wasted her life and all junkies are utter scumbags and deserve no sympathy as they inject it in their own bodies and will kill you for a £5 note. The song is bleak because drugs are.
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    So this song is about a woman who is addicted to drugs and she has to resort to prostitution in order to fund her addiction. She once was a good girl (hence the references to an angel) and with the world dragging her down that angel died. This song has meaning and tells about how bad addiction is and how it can ruin someone's life. That girl didn't want to go outside and sell her body, but drugs forced her to because she can't live without any drugs without going into withdrawal. The song also talked about how she had white lips and a pale face and how her face was sunk in and crumbling like a pastry due to the drugs. She has no other options because she can't pay for counciling and detox to get herself clean and sober, so she has no other choice but to keep buying drugs and die or to stop buying drugs and die. This song proves that once someone gets addicted to something it drains them of everything: money, family, friends, dignity, looks, and eventually your life. Overall, the message is: DON'T DO DRUGS! DRUGS ARE BAD! IF YOU CHERISH ANYTHING, PAY ATTENTION!!!
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    The movie "Magnolia". There's a character, a petite blond female who falls in love with a police officer (who also has esteem issues) who embodies these lyrics. And the song they use in the movie (one of my favourite of all time) is "Wise Up" by Ami Mann. This is what bubbles up.
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