@garbage person How about someone who was damaged by another person's addiction? Namely, my abusive alcoholic mother. I've suffered greatly because of that.
@@LittleLulubee Everything will be okay. Maybe not now. But one day I'm sure it will. One day. You're not alone. I just want you to know that. Keep praying my friend. :)
I met an escort several years ago and we became somewhat close friends in addition to our other "relationship." She was 30 and I was 46; she was so intelligent and had a wicked sense of humor in addition to being just gorgeous. Over the next 2-3 years, I would see her 5-6 times a year but we also kept in touch via text. Little did I know she had a drug habit (heroin) until she dropped off the radar for a few months (got arrested) and then texted me out of the blue several months later. We caught up via text over a couple of days and she finally came clean with me that she had a nine year heroin habit. I was devastated - cried hard that night for how messed up her life was. She lived in a different state/city and needed a place to crash for awhile, so I invited her to come live with me. I had never heard of Ed Sheeran prior to meeting her but on one of our road trips, she played this song - I didn't catch all the lyrics but later that night while she was in the shower, I looked up the lyrics and watched this video. I cried hard. Again. Sobbed. Swore I would do whatever I could to help her get her life back on track. She no longer lives with me but she's recently made great strides in kicking her habit and I'm still helping support her at the moment. I will forever remember her when I hear this song and it's hard to listen to it without tears flowing. I never told her this but I love that girl. UPDATE: June 24 2020. Well this has run on longer than I ever expected. Many have asked for updates over the past three and a half years and I’ve done so in the comments below, but it appears many who have left comments aren’t reading the entire thread to see the updates. So I’m editing and updating the original comment now. I posted the original comment over three years ago, really didn’t think it would see this much traction and reaction. At the time, I lived about 11 hours away from her, four states away. For those still commenting that I should tell her I love her, I have and did. Not too long after the original post. We stayed in touch and she even came to visit me for extended trips on 2 or 3 other occasions. I also continued to see her where she lives whenever I could. It has been up and down. Lots of good times, lots of tears. She’s made many attempts to get clean and sober but unfortunately has not been able to stay that way. I recently relocated much closer to her and am now only about two hours away. We’ve fought and loved, forgiven each other for various problems. It still isn’t what I want it to be and in fact, right now, I have decided to step away for a break. We have a number of things to resolve and her addiction is at the center of most of it. But I still love her and have come to believe that she loves me as well. Yes, she needs some professional help to resolve her addiction. There are other complicating and legal factors that make that difficult right now. But she knows that I want to see her clean and sober in the end, regardless of where our relationship goes. I just want to say several things to people who are commenting. 1) The overwhelming majority of you have been so positive and supportive and I can’t tell you how much that has meant to me. Several times when I have been close to giving up, some of the encouraging comments on here have convinced me to keep going and keep trying. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. You have all made me realize that there are really good, decent people in the world. 2) To those who just want to fling insults at me or at her, fuck off. Grow up. 3) To those who question whether I’m doing the right things by helping her out (aka enabling), yes I understand your point. Some have suggested she just needs tough love and to walk away, force her to face her issues and resolve them. That approach works for some, but not all. Her entire family, parents and siblings have turned their backs on her, ie, tough love. It didn’t work. There has to be a better approach, or a more muted approach than that while understanding that the ultimate goal is her overcoming her addiction. Finally, I am not a saint. I appreciate the nice comments and all, but I’ve made my share of mistakes and missteps in this situation. I’m not trying to boost myself or pat myself on the back. I’m just a man who loves a woman and who wants to see her succeed and overcome her obstacles. Much love to all. UPDATE: September 12 2020: My friend was arrested earlier this week; she was a passenger in a car involved in a minor traffic accident but thankfully wasn’t hurt. However, when the police arrived, they ran her name and it came back she was wanted on an old warrant for failure to appear (which I knew about). The good news is, she had been clean for about three weeks and I believe, on a good path to really getting sober. The bad news is she’s now in custody and I don’t know what the outcome will be at this moment. I hired her an attorney and he’s trying to get her bonded out and also thinks that she will be able to get into a diversionary/rehab program with the state to avoid serious jail or prison time. So I guess the good news there is she’s been forced to face her legal issues and should be able to stay off heroin while she’s locked up. Also good news is she’s safe. I really feel like this is the rock bottom, wake up call that will perhaps lead her to sobriety. Thank you again for all the love and support. I’ll post more as the developments warrant. Much love. UPDATE NOV 15 2020: So she was in jail from Sept 8 to Oct 8. I got her an attorney who was able to get a bond hearing and I was able to bond her out. The next day I helped her pack her stuff and she’s been living with me ever since. She’s had one court appearance but has another scheduled for late November. She’s facing 2 plus years incarceration but we’re hoping for probation and rehab/therapy. Good thoughts and vibes are appreciated, will update again in a couple of weeks. ❤️ UPDATE December 10, 2020: She was sentenced to 6 months in county jail and 3 years probation but got credit for 3 months time served already. Not what we had hoped for but far less than what it could have been. We talk on the phone daily and she sounds truly committed to sobriety when she gets out. She will come to live with me and we will start our journey together 🤞. I’m happier than I have been in a long time and truly excited for the future, although I know there is a lot of hard work ahead. But I love her still, even more than before. Thank you to all who have been so supportive, it has meant more than I can tell you! Hug your loved ones, be kind and during this holiday season, look to be a friend to someone in need. Much love to all. ❤️ UPDATE: JAN 12 2021: She’s home! She was released after 45 days served. I’m ecstatic. She seems really locked in to staying sober and clean. Lots of work ahead to make that possible but I’m just over the moon excited for her - and our - future! Thank you again for all the love and support! You guys are just wonderful!! Much love ❤️. Update August 13 2021: After a really hard few months after she got out of jail, she finally agreed to go to a doctor and start a Suboxone treatment, something I had wanted her to do for years but would never agree to do. Suboxone helps deal with the physical symptoms of withdrawal and helps keep her physically centered. She’s been on it for about 2 months now and the change has been amazing. She’s been doing much better and starting to get engaged in daily living like never before. All was going really well. And then….. this song below is the only way to explain what has happened. I’m crushed. Heartbroken. Thank you to all of you who have been supportive and shown the love you have for her and for me. Unfortunately this appears to be the end of our story. The song is Amos Lee, “Chill in the Air”. FINAL UPDATE (March 31 2024): For those wondering, we broke up in August 2021. I’m not going into the details but in spite of the challenges, she remained living with me simply because she had nowhere else to go; and I refused to put her out on the street. She slowly made progress in staying sober via suboxone but did have several relapses over the next two years. Unfortunately the last relapse cost her her life and she passed away last August (2023). It’s been hard adjusting to her not being here but at least her struggles are over and she is at rest. Thank you for all the kind words and support the last seven years. If you are an addict, please get help. And if you love an addict, please don’t give up but know that you cannot make someone recover or even want to recover. Love to all.
Amazing story, I do hope she makes it for kicking that habit is so very difficult. She needs people around that love and support her and believe in her. Even than it stays a struggle for the rest of her life. And you Sir must be a very special person with a wonderful spirit, I was so touched reading your comment, I wish you all the love you dream of, because you deserve it.
Depends, lung cancer, caused by smoking cigarettes. Typical smoker has been buying cigarette packet nearly every day for the last 40 years! That shit is expensive!
I used to listen to this song in active addiction because I could relate to it. I am now listening to it with over a year clean. My life has completely changed and I am so grateful everyday for my new life and my family. I’m never turning back! I don’t have to go “outside” ever again.
Did you get to a point where you don't even think about it? Or while listening to the song, there not even a tiny feeling about That Feeling? I never stop hoping that it's possible and not just for those who now have these lives where they are completely different people. I know That is possible, some addicts became healers or even doctors etc. I am not at risk of using dangerous drugs today, but still, when i remember only that 1 minute of ...there's not even a word for it... feeling good, like exhaling all my life traumas. And do crave it. Not in a way that an active user does - that feeling whould not allow me to spill my heart on youtube. Even youtube lost some value then. I just really wish that i'll know that feeling and in this lifetime. Thank you for sharing, it gave me the courage to write something like this for the first time. ❤
Agree as well. This is his best song in my opinion. You’d think artists would produce better songs over time, but nothing he’s done since compares to this.
and the sad thing is, this is a reality for so many people. edit: just coming back to this and i didn't know so many people agreed with me. thank you guys.
Holly King Yes, glad he tells a true story, one too many of us relate to. Sad it’s a helpless place to be in when there’s nothing more anyone can do, substances are quick or long brutal years watching a loved one die and not be able to get near them anymore. I’d say the worst is seeing them fade into a stranger, then forget their own family even children exist. Addiction over all is hard to accept...
Addiction is one hell of a battle man. Im trying my best to stop but its so hard to find a reason to stay sober. The world is on such a dark times we all need jesus
I remember staying up late on winter break listening to this song...was in high school, no responsibilities, no nothing...now my whole world is falling apart lol
This song is for my sister who lives this life. I am 6 years clean and hope she finds inner peace someday. They say you still have a chance if you have a heartbeat ! Never lose hope 🙏 ❤
I've been hearing this song, but only now that im really so eager to try to understand each lines.. it made me feel sad for the character behind this song.🖤
Same to you dear. I have been suffering through a chronic disease for the last 14 years and its so painful and i am very positive but some days are really bad and it gets difficult to see the light. And the good in the world. And i feel so dead. And i have been having such a bad couple of months. The routine shift due to covid made my issue worse. And i couldnt help but feel the pain of not just today, or this week or month but of all the 14 years and this song just played and played in loop. And then finally i gave myself a pep talk, came across your comment and it made me cry again but a bit happier. Like i felt your wish and i truly truly wish the same for you with all my heart.
@@issacclarke4194 Maybe you can translate this comment into 'wishing you all the best', or whatever. I'm not religious myself but I wish nothing but kindness upon the person who wrote the comment 'FUA', and I wish nothing but the same upon you, however lost you may be.
Hi, I'm 20 years old and I have heard this song at the store today. It isn't my first time hearing it, but I remembered it. Listened to it again a couple minutes ago then I read the comments. I just want to cry, all of you are so strong. Please don't give up.
im pretty sure this is based off a sex worker ed met named angel that passed away. thats why they show in the music video him sitting down n talking to her. i could be wrong tho but yea
I had just come out of rehab and played this song CONSTANTLY to get me through that dark time. Never touched that horrible crap ever again, and I'm 12 1/2 years sober. This song pulled me through all of that and have been a huge fan since ❤
I've always knew it's a depressing song, before checking for the meaning behind the lyrics, I've always thought it was about a girl who used to excel in school sportswise but somehow failed to get a decent job and life, ending in prostitution and death due to drug abuse... it seems I wasn't too far off
This is one of his most underrated songs. People think of "Perfect" or "Shape of you" when they think of Ed Sheeran, when they honestly should think of this song, it's amazing.
Ikr! This song, Autumn Leaves, Kiss Me, Small Bump, Lego House, Give Me Love - all his best songs are underrated. And although I don't like his new songs much, I still LOVE Ed for these. + is a beautiful album ❤️
I like his newer stuff too, but this song is SOOOO good. I get that its about a "non comfortable topic" but this, kiss me, and alot of the divide album is underated, which is kinda stupid but true
I can't believe that 13 years past by so fast. I've grown up, married, have a kid and yet I have a feeling that it was only couple years ago, when I was listening to this song on repeat sitting all alone in my room. Life is so fast lads.
this song reminds me of when i was little and i would watch my big sister listen to this song, in pain but happy tears. she was heavily depressed and listening to this song now makes me so happy that she's recovered
This song means so much to me… it’s so comforting. I’ve been struggling with depression since I was a child, and when I listen to this it just makes me feel less alone and it really says a lot about what I’ve gone thru, the drinking, the drugs… thank u Ed ♥️
Oh my God. I was 10 the first time I heard this. As I got older, I began to understand bits and pieces of the lyrics. I can't believe that I missed, "breathing in the snowflakes, burnt lungs, sour taste," as most likely relating to drugs. This song is a beautiful sad masterpiece.
It's amazing hearing songs that we heard before but not knowing the meaning behind them and as the years go on we learn to understand the meanings of the song
I am an ex meth addict. This is the only song that brings brings my mind back to where it needs to be.. whenever I get a craving to do anything stupid I watch this video and listen to THIS song and it’s the ONE thing that gets through my head and reminds me what I will NEVER go back to... one of my favorite songs.. but living this kind of life watching the video I’m prepared to cry.
Ed Sheeran wrote this song when he met a girl named Angel at a Christmas gig for the homeless charity- crisis. He wrote this song based on her story. EDIT: MUM IM FAMOUS JHABSHAJ
My son was an addict, he spent two yrs on the streets begging, he didn't want to come home as the rule of no needles as I have two younger children I had to safeguard. I showed him this video bout a Yr ago n he cried saying it was just like that. But he's now coming upto a Yr clean, so proud of him he's turned his life around, parents always keep that door open they will come one day I promise xxxxxxx it's now official Elliott is a Yr clean today(10th May 2020) so having a bbq but no party til lock down over but God I'm so proud of him xxxxx love you ell love mum xxxx👏👏👏🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
He was hours away dying from sepsis, but rushed him to hospital he spent a good 3months in hospital n would of done a runner like most to go score because there clucking but the hospital prescribed methadone and that's when his journey started and a Yr later he's got his own flat he works and is happy n healthy in life, and I got Elliott back, as a family we just keep supporting him xx
I'm leaving this comment here so after a month or a year when someone likes it, I get reminded of this song ❤ Edit : for every comment i will listen the song twice, thank y'all :) 7/11/2023 : Thank you everyone for the reminders by commenting, I didn't expect it but I do come here an awful lot to listen to this amazing song over and over again, all thanks to you!!
Its Really a Good song. I Been Addicted to Opiods since 5 Years, its really hard, Been through 3 withdrawals but i can't Stop it... this song helps so much... i wished i Never touched that shitt...
@@ferdinandmartin8345 Nothing's wrong with Shape Of You., It's just that Shape Of You isn't Ed's best song and people should know about his other songs as well... That's all
i know no one will see this but i've had a really bad year. This was the first proper song i ever learnt as a child, and i never understood the video clip but i always watched it. My mum left me and this, this is the only thing that reminds me of her. I love her so much even tho i shouldn't. My birthday wish is always for her to come back. I just want my mum back. edit: i only just saw everyones lovely messages. thank u guys so much. much love to everyone ❤️
Ava accept without one ounce of self doubt the emotion of loss of ur Mother. Totally natural. Life has the exam before the lesson so often the way . We swim best we can through the tuff current till we hit a safe haven . Keep ur eyes looking forward to ur goals . B strong
Yea, Ed spent time volenteering at a homeless shelter, and this song is based on a homeless crack addict he met there 😔 'class A Team' 👉 'class A drugs team'
You've only scratched the surface listen to little lady from his no. 5 collaborations project Spoilers: She turns out to be 12 and she gets murdered on her 13th birthday
I worked the streets from age 13 until I was 17. I'm almost 50 years old and those are the memories I can't forget even though all my other memories are fading.
@tallyherkids8095 I figured I was being abused at home anyway, and if anyone was going to be doing that to my body, I was going to make money off it. It paid my bills and, unfortunately, my drug habits too, but I got clean at age 17, and I've been clean since. People don't realize how many kids are out on the streets they think it's a small problem. I'm happy to hear you, too, were able to get yourself to a better place in this crazy life.💜
I see y'all❤ thank u guys for ur continuous bravery, u survived so much, I'm so proud of u guys, and so grateful u could teach me just how resilient i could be too. Y'all are inspiring as f*ck and are so brave, im really sorry this happened to u. Your story is gonna stay with me and im gonna keep my family safe, I still work with people who this happened to and it took a lot off tears and love to get through it, sending love from the women and girls in my life
@@Shellyshocked yea it was a time where I didn’t think about my decision I made them before I started to hesitate I was living a very fast life. From pillar to posts. I live in Jamaica the concrete jungle I’ve been raped many times than I can count gang up on all the worst things that could happened to a female happened to me and I took it all with a smile only because I decided I ain’t gonna stay home anymore n be locked up with no leniency to go anywhere whole time I’m being fvked by my step bro n my auntie man! So road did it for me but I passed the last test God gave me on the road which was to leave a abusive possessive man I found myself tangled with thinking it was love poor me at age 17 thinking this was the only person who behaved as if they couldn’t live without me and it felt like the perfect high but the moment I left him I passed the test n now when God showers me with blessings and I’m like what good have I ever done to deserve this??? He whispers and reminds me of all the Loses I’ve took in life and turned the other cheek😉. Bless u dear!
@@FantasticBadger If you only knew and understood: Wordily pleasures for the ears and for the eyes: music, movies, sport. That kind of entertainment is given by lucifer to mankind, to keep them busy doing and knowing nothing, When human dies, he or she is surprised that he or she keeps existing. Yet the only reason for it is, they had their lifetime on earth catching delusions and illusions. Never loved the truth, never cared for it and as some used to say: 1st comes laughter, then turning of the head, then closing of the ears, freezing of the heart, then life in struggle and then regrets and cries. The last 2 shall be there forever. = the life of a ignorant fools. Creating “perfect” offspring who`s genetic DNA is mixed: human + animal + angel + inverting every soul + posses them with evil spirits = perfect spell casting, look at the public, they all sing and dance along not sensing reality. The tares and the wheat - a story in the bible. 2 different offspring, growing together, shoulder next to shoulder. The "rituals" haven`t stopped happening, these got renamed to fit the timelines: in our days, the rituals are: music concerts showing off the masonic hand sighs and symbols becoming "trans" still needed blood sacrificing (singers, actors, in need of sacrificing their loved ones and friends, later being the needed sacrifice themselves, these are knows an “accidental overdoses”). few more.
implied in the original comment was that he was homeless to the extent the woman in this video was. He wasn't. He was without a bed on some nights after gig and occasionally slept on the tube. But most nights he had a roof over his head. He may have technically been without a home, and if he was in ordinary employment then yes he would be described as homeless, but this is relatively common for a lot of musicians. No point people trying to make out he lived on the streets for years like some tabloids tried to do.
The fact that most of us were so young when this song came out. But now we actually understand the subject and it makes me so sad to think this is some peoples reality
I was 14 in 9th grade when this song came out. I was over weight and being bullied. This song made me brave and stood up for myself and changed my life. I am 26 now and living my best life
@@Jade_Hanson one of the things I'm grateful for is the fact that I am not hindered by another person's opinion of me, if/when you get there aswell you'll agree. Unless of course it is because you have perished-
The A Team is seriously amazing! Ed Sheeran’s voice is so soothing, and the storytelling is next level. It’s like you can feel every emotion in the song. It’s definitely a classic that everyone should have heared!❤
I can’t be the only person who cries when they hear this song. "Now angel will die Covered in white, closed eye And hoping for a better life" That line
These lyrics hit so much especially the next two lines too “this time we’ll fade out tonight, straight down the line” that means that she eventually overdosed she faded out hoping for a better life 😕
@@icytrap not necessarily,"this time,we'll fade out tonight, straight down the line" - could easily be a reference to a 'line of coke/heroin. and obviously when whacked "we fade out" lyrics are often to be taken differently by different people. There's no' right way especially when as ambiguous. It is a beautiful song, by far Sheeran's best imho. FRoM LoNdon wIV LoVe 💋
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 eighteen 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 upper hand And go mad for a couple grams And 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 Tried to swim and stay afloat Dry house, wet clothes Loose change, bank notes Weary-eyed, dry throat Call girl, no phone And they say She's in the Class A Team Stuck in her daydream Been this way since eighteen 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 upper hand And go mad for a couple grams And 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 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 they say She's in the Class A Team Stuck in her daydream Been this way since eighteen But lately her face seems Slowly sinking, wasting Crumbling like pastries They scream The worst things in life come free to us And we're all under the upper hand Go mad for a couple grams And 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 For angels to fly, to fly, to fly For angels to die
I ran away from home when I was 18,ran away from abuse and pain. I was a kid full of dreams and ideas and reality crushed a lot of them. I lived in the streets for almost a year,by myself. Whenever I hear this song it reminds me how I made the best possible step for my own future. It used to make me cry my eyes out and now I feel proud of myself..
No lie, this song never fails to make me cry. I still remember when I was really young and I loved the melody and thought it was a pretty song. I memorized the lyrics and sang to it on the radio. But being young, I never really understood what the lyrics meant. Then one day it came on the radio again and i told my mother I loved the song. I said it was happy. She said it was sad. I asked, "How so?" She repeated the lyrics to me and I saw the song in a new light. I was pretty quick to piece together lyrics like, "Breathing in snowflakes," and "In a pipe we fly to the motherland." I told my mother, "I understand now," and turned my head to look out the window as it snowed. She asked, "Thinking?" I replied, "Yeah. The snow is pretty," while tears ran down my cheeks. I'm now 17. I haven't heard this song in years, but I just finished listening to it again. My heart still aches. My tears still fall.
This song is based on a true story about a girl called Angel. In an interview, Ed Sheeran explained that ‘The A Team’ song was based on the experiences of a particular woman at the shelter called Angel, he sings ‘Angels to fly’ line in the song, he said: “’The A Team’ came from an experience I had when I did a gig at a homeless shelter. I was 18 at the time and kind of quite naïve. So, I was a bit taken aback by some of the stories that I heard. I got home that night and I just wrote a lot of the lyrics. I wanted to write it so it sounded kind of upbeat, so you wouldn’t really know what it’s about, because it’s quite a dark subject.” Sheeran stated that the song’s title, he said: “A drug like crack cocaine is called a ‘Class A drug’. That’s in the same category as heroin. Instead of making it clear and just saying what the problem was, I’d say, ‘She’s in the ‘Class A’ team.’ It was kind of my way of covering up “a person’s addiction”, I guess, making it a bit more subtle. But Sheeran also told Q magazine that the story of the song was inspired by a homeless person he met at a Christmas gig, he said: “I played at a Christmas gig for the homeless charity Crisis. I met this homeless there and her story inspired me to write a song. I wrote a tune about a similar situation, not entirely based on her, because I didn’t want to pinch someone else’s story. After it got into the charts I got lots of messages from parents saying that something similar had happened to their daughters. When I wrote it I never thought that it would connect with so many people, but it’s great it has.”
This song hits so hard , reminds me of a highschool friend who graduated top of our batch and finish college with flying colors from our country's top university. Sadly , a year after graduating he passed away due to heart attack. His someone who came from a very poor family which was his driving force to be on top. To cope with the pressure he abused alcohol and become a smoker , took so much toll on his body and little does his family know he had been suffering from lung cancer by the time he graduated. I guessed maybe God doesn't want him to suffer more and maybe his mission on Earth was completed already. I want to think as well that he is now an angel beside God
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Five years sober from drugs for me. I used to listen to this song a lot hoping I would beat it and I did! Never give up hope there’s always light at the end of the tunnel 😊
So many great double meanings in this song. A-team could mean she used to be an honor roll student or that she takes class- A drugs. The sinking wasting bit could be either from drugs or HIV, but could also reference the disillusionment that many of us experience in the transition from childhood to adulthood. The pipe could be referencing either a literal crack pipe or a 'pipe dreams' that pair with the earlier reference to day-dreaming. 'Snowflakes' could be cocaine or the cold-environment that is also reinforced. It could be an over-reaching analysis, and maybe Sheeran didn't intentionally write these lines as double entendre's but the ambiguity in this song I feel is quite masterful and makes the song relatable to damn near everyone.
I wasn't going to like because it was on 69, but then I read the comment and could only think: this completely changed my perception of this song. Bravo, Sir.
As a always forever recovering opiate addict, I absolutely love this song. It's so beautiful and sad. 14 years clean! So happy and crying eveytime this plays. You'll never read this, but Ed, you helped me be happy and clean. Thank you, I only hope that since we aren't homeless anymore, I can one day afford to go a concert. I'm a Russian American, so the motherland hits so hard, especially with what's happening now.
I use to be one of those girls well not the call girl part but i was a crack and herion addict after my brothers tragic death in 2013 and a prison sentence i got clean listening to meaningful songs do help... this song is raw but real i love ed sheerans music... i do suffer with depression and ptsd but music n writing poems do help
@@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp aww thank you very much that means alot People dont realise how powerful someone doing a prayer for you can be.. so thank you.. can i just ask how do you know many girls with this problem?
@@Saifsandhu-786 As I mentioned in my post I have personal relations with several going through this. It's like they are on a treadmill with no escape. I will help get them off for 2 or 3 days inside my place, and the first thing they do after they leave my place is go out to score once again. I never fault them for being weak, it's a tough life out there! I know!
The song has deeper meaning. For those who don’t know. Ed was in homeless shelters when he was younger and this songs about a girl named Angel that he knew. She was a prostitute who was addicted to drugs. “Angels to fly”
Not quite, Ed met 'Angel' in a homeless shelter where he was performing for a xmas charity type of thing, he wasn't actually a homeless person, sometimes sofa surfed and slept on trains at times after moving to London as a teenager, but he was still an independent artist at that time
i listened to this playlist th-cam.com/video/UAWcs5H-qgQ/w-d-xo.html during severe clinical depression.... Now these songs, smells, taste, even everyday objects bring back months of flashbacks and pain within seconds....these songs drag these flashbacks out
I miss when his music sounded like this. I like pop music, which is a lot of things he did now, but I like these kind of songs more. This song also has so much meaning. If you like his current music, it’s fine, I just miss stuff like this
I honestly really need to get this off my chest. 10 years ago, songs used to be so 'real' like she will be loved by maroon 5, love the way you lie by rihanna, eminem and skylar grey, the a team by ed sheeran and so on... what happened? Where are the songs describing real life struggles and sacrifices and emotions? Where are the songs that actually made it seem like you were listening to a piece of art, poems almost? It seems it got downhill after 2016 and now it feels we hit rock bottom. Also with the social media, instagram etc dominating life so much and people aiming for those 'perfect' lifestyles, musicians trying to make bops about sex and fun. What happened to the simpler times when we didn't compare our lives as much and put our struggles into words? I miss it and i didn't realize times could change this much...
Yeah, i know some people would say 'we just grew up' but i was 25 when this came out and now 35 and i can confirm that times did really change regardless of the 'growing up' we did. It's a much more toxic society, sadly.
U gotta go to the Alternative or Punk (or some people call it emo or scremo) Listen to these bands: 1. All Time Low (the band not the song) 2. Pierce The Veil 3. Sleeping With Sirens 4. Three Days Grace 5. Melanie Martinez (her K-12 album movie is AMAZING there are SOOO many good topics she covers like women's bodies, eating disorders, men in government and more! Her Crybaby album is also AMAZING she talks about depression, being a child in a home where theirs infidelity and abuse its just all great!!!!!) 6. Pink 7. Jesse J And I can list more if interested! I basically only listen to music that is relatable or emotional or inspiring
@@Aj_Leigh oh wow thanks so much for the recommendations my friend!!! I stopped listening to music recently and it makes me happy to know there are still meaningful songs out there! So thank you and thank you a lot again!😊😊😊
Drugs destroy your life and everyone around you.Please always stay strong and remember the good things in life and people that love you.Dont be afraid to live life. The world is scary and dangerous but we will make it through.(:
"The A Team" 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 eighteen 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 upper hand And go mad for a couple grams And 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 Tried to swim and stay afloat Dry house, wet clothes Loose change, bank notes Weary-eyed, dry throat Call girl, no phone And they say She's in the Class A Team Stuck in her daydream Been this way since eighteen 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 upper hand And go mad for a couple grams And 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 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 they say She's in the Class A Team Stuck in her daydream Been this way since eighteen But lately her face seems Slowly sinking, wasting Crumbling like pastries They scream The worst things in life come free to us And we're all under the upper hand Go mad for a couple grams And 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 For angels to fly, to fly, to fly For angels to die
I lost my mom 20 years ago and unfortunately found myself in the sh*t only half a year ago. I'm in rehab now though. But thank you so much for the shout out. I honestly needed that right now and I just wanted you to know that it means a lot to us who seems forgotten
@@diegodominiksommercorell1103 That's terrible and I'm so sorry you lost your mother. I'm still fighting addiction to this day... it truly Is a day to day battle but once you start really being strong and fighting off the urge to use you will feel so much better about yourself. There ia so much more to life sweetheart. You are not alone and you're awesome. If you ever need to talk to someone Ill be here I promise.
2024 anyone? This song hits home as I lost my little brother he was 18 years old he died January 23rd of 2024 he was an addict fighting addiction growing up just as horrible as the rest of us addiction got him at they young age of 13 he died in his friends house at 3am from a fentanyl overdose my mom and I got a call from his friend at noon the next day and said he wasn’t waking up he knew he couldn’t go home to our moms house because he was high so he stayed at his friends house when we got there he was in the back room ems pumped him full of ever drug they had trying to bring him back but he was to far gone they thought they seen something on the machine that resembled a heart beat so they took him to the er where we all went we stood by his bed side as they called time of death we sat with him and held him while my mother cried in our arms the drs and nurses and Ems were incredible and now when I’m sick and I go to the er I always end up getting the room facing the one he died in
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Ed sheeran was 19 when he made this😭 damn time fliess
I was 18 😭 let’s go back
i wAS 1 CZ ME BORN AT 2009 U ADULT!!!!????
@@musicfantasy001 there are not only kids in this world smh
Really!?!? Oh Ed Sheeran is a nice singer
i was fucking 8 holy shit
“The worse things in life come free to us” beautiful lyrics
Jerry Rowe worst*
True lyrics
I get this is a sad song and everything buttttt does anyone wanna play Minecraft with me ???
Cr8zy Sn1per I don’t have WiFi they won’t let me get it at my place
@@midas8877 well that's okay anyways bro
Her eyes told the story. Without speaking one word, we saw all her struggles through those eyes. Very talented actress.
Charlie J cant say it any better you can almost feel the emotion at 2:20 just from her eyes
@garbage person Anyone who's been through deep emotional suffering can relate to her pain
@garbage person How about someone who was damaged by another person's addiction? Namely, my abusive alcoholic mother. I've suffered greatly because of that.
@garbage person Thanks
@@LittleLulubee Everything will be okay. Maybe not now. But one day I'm sure it will. One day. You're not alone. I just want you to know that. Keep praying my friend. :)
The sad thing about this song is that it is a reality for many people
Including my own mom, you’d think she could change for her daughter
@@miaosov Feel you bro
Why did i say bro? XD
Feel u sis
sam569 Of course, I know this and I still love her. I’m just not ready to forgive yet.
I met an escort several years ago and we became somewhat close friends in addition to our other "relationship." She was 30 and I was 46; she was so intelligent and had a wicked sense of humor in addition to being just gorgeous. Over the next 2-3 years, I would see her 5-6 times a year but we also kept in touch via text. Little did I know she had a drug habit (heroin) until she dropped off the radar for a few months (got arrested) and then texted me out of the blue several months later. We caught up via text over a couple of days and she finally came clean with me that she had a nine year heroin habit. I was devastated - cried hard that night for how messed up her life was. She lived in a different state/city and needed a place to crash for awhile, so I invited her to come live with me. I had never heard of Ed Sheeran prior to meeting her but on one of our road trips, she played this song - I didn't catch all the lyrics but later that night while she was in the shower, I looked up the lyrics and watched this video. I cried hard. Again. Sobbed. Swore I would do whatever I could to help her get her life back on track. She no longer lives with me but she's recently made great strides in kicking her habit and I'm still helping support her at the moment. I will forever remember her when I hear this song and it's hard to listen to it without tears flowing. I never told her this but I love that girl. UPDATE: June 24 2020. Well this has run on longer than I ever expected. Many have asked for updates over the past three and a half years and I’ve done so in the comments below, but it appears many who have left comments aren’t reading the entire thread to see the updates. So I’m editing and updating the original comment now. I posted the original comment over three years ago, really didn’t think it would see this much traction and reaction. At the time, I lived about 11 hours away from her, four states away. For those still commenting that I should tell her I love her, I have and did. Not too long after the original post. We stayed in touch and she even came to visit me for extended trips on 2 or 3 other occasions. I also continued to see her where she lives whenever I could. It has been up and down. Lots of good times, lots of tears. She’s made many attempts to get clean and sober but unfortunately has not been able to stay that way. I recently relocated much closer to her and am now only about two hours away. We’ve fought and loved, forgiven each other for various problems. It still isn’t what I want it to be and in fact, right now, I have decided to step away for a break. We have a number of things to resolve and her addiction is at the center of most of it. But I still love her and have come to believe that she loves me as well. Yes, she needs some professional help to resolve her addiction. There are other complicating and legal factors that make that difficult right now. But she knows that I want to see her clean and sober in the end, regardless of where our relationship goes. I just want to say several things to people who are commenting. 1) The overwhelming majority of you have been so positive and supportive and I can’t tell you how much that has meant to me. Several times when I have been close to giving up, some of the encouraging comments on here have convinced me to keep going and keep trying. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. You have all made me realize that there are really good, decent people in the world. 2) To those who just want to fling insults at me or at her, fuck off. Grow up. 3) To those who question whether I’m doing the right things by helping her out (aka enabling), yes I understand your point. Some have suggested she just needs tough love and to walk away, force her to face her issues and resolve them. That approach works for some, but not all. Her entire family, parents and siblings have turned their backs on her, ie, tough love. It didn’t work. There has to be a better approach, or a more muted approach than that while understanding that the ultimate goal is her overcoming her addiction. Finally, I am not a saint. I appreciate the nice comments and all, but I’ve made my share of mistakes and missteps in this situation. I’m not trying to boost myself or pat myself on the back. I’m just a man who loves a woman and who wants to see her succeed and overcome her obstacles. Much love to all. UPDATE: September 12 2020: My friend was arrested earlier this week; she was a passenger in a car involved in a minor traffic accident but thankfully wasn’t hurt. However, when the police arrived, they ran her name and it came back she was wanted on an old warrant for failure to appear (which I knew about). The good news is, she had been clean for about three weeks and I believe, on a good path to really getting sober. The bad news is she’s now in custody and I don’t know what the outcome will be at this moment. I hired her an attorney and he’s trying to get her bonded out and also thinks that she will be able to get into a diversionary/rehab program with the state to avoid serious jail or prison time. So I guess the good news there is she’s been forced to face her legal issues and should be able to stay off heroin while she’s locked up. Also good news is she’s safe. I really feel like this is the rock bottom, wake up call that will perhaps lead her to sobriety. Thank you again for all the love and support. I’ll post more as the developments warrant. Much love. UPDATE NOV 15 2020: So she was in jail from Sept 8 to Oct 8. I got her an attorney who was able to get a bond hearing and I was able to bond her out. The next day I helped her pack her stuff and she’s been living with me ever since. She’s had one court appearance but has another scheduled for late November. She’s facing 2 plus years incarceration but we’re hoping for probation and rehab/therapy. Good thoughts and vibes are appreciated, will update again in a couple of weeks. ❤️ UPDATE December 10, 2020: She was sentenced to 6 months in county jail and 3 years probation but got credit for 3 months time served already. Not what we had hoped for but far less than what it could have been. We talk on the phone daily and she sounds truly committed to sobriety when she gets out. She will come to live with me and we will start our journey together 🤞. I’m happier than I have been in a long time and truly excited for the future, although I know there is a lot of hard work ahead. But I love her still, even more than before. Thank you to all who have been so supportive, it has meant more than I can tell you! Hug your loved ones, be kind and during this holiday season, look to be a friend to someone in need. Much love to all. ❤️ UPDATE: JAN 12 2021: She’s home! She was released after 45 days served. I’m ecstatic. She seems really locked in to staying sober and clean. Lots of work ahead to make that possible but I’m just over the moon excited for her - and our - future! Thank you again for all the love and support! You guys are just wonderful!! Much love ❤️. Update August 13 2021: After a really hard few months after she got out of jail, she finally agreed to go to a doctor and start a Suboxone treatment, something I had wanted her to do for years but would never agree to do. Suboxone helps deal with the physical symptoms of withdrawal and helps keep her physically centered. She’s been on it for about 2 months now and the change has been amazing. She’s been doing much better and starting to get engaged in daily living like never before. All was going really well. And then….. this song below is the only way to explain what has happened. I’m crushed. Heartbroken. Thank you to all of you who have been supportive and shown the love you have for her and for me. Unfortunately this appears to be the end of our story. The song is Amos Lee, “Chill in the Air”.
FINAL UPDATE (March 31 2024): For those wondering, we broke up in August 2021. I’m not going into the details but in spite of the challenges, she remained living with me simply because she had nowhere else to go; and I refused to put her out on the street. She slowly made progress in staying sober via suboxone but did have several relapses over the next two years. Unfortunately the last relapse cost her her life and she passed away last August (2023). It’s been hard adjusting to her not being here but at least her struggles are over and she is at rest. Thank you for all the kind words and support the last seven years. If you are an addict, please get help. And if you love an addict, please don’t give up but know that you cannot make someone recover or even want to recover. Love to all.
Awww this is so beautiful!
aw your comment made me tear up. Bless your soul for what you're doing
Wow...that's amazing. You need to tell her or you will forever regret it.
Amazing story, I do hope she makes it for kicking that habit is so very difficult. She needs people around that love and support her and believe in her. Even than it stays a struggle for the rest of her life. And you Sir must be a very special person with a wonderful spirit, I was so touched reading your comment, I wish you all the love you dream of, because you deserve it.
😭😭
“The worst things in life come free to us” - so true
So do the best.
The vaccine😳😳
Exactly
Depends, lung cancer, caused by smoking cigarettes. Typical smoker has been buying cigarette packet nearly every day for the last 40 years! That shit is expensive!
@@XarkoCZ true
I used to listen to this song in active addiction because I could relate to it. I am now listening to it with over a year clean. My life has completely changed and I am so grateful everyday for my new life and my family. I’m never turning back! I don’t have to go “outside” ever again.
Did you get to a point where you don't even think about it? Or while listening to the song, there not even a tiny feeling about That Feeling? I never stop hoping that it's possible and not just for those who now have these lives where they are completely different people. I know That is possible, some addicts became healers or even doctors etc.
I am not at risk of using dangerous drugs today, but still, when i remember only that 1 minute of ...there's not even a word for it... feeling good, like exhaling all my life traumas. And do crave it. Not in a way that an active user does - that feeling whould not allow me to spill my heart on youtube. Even youtube lost some value then.
I just really wish that i'll know that feeling and in this lifetime.
Thank you for sharing, it gave me the courage to write something like this for the first time. ❤
I love you sooo much and truly know you can do this…. God is with you and God bless you ❤❤❤
I will come back every now and then and ask how its going. Hope to hear good things. Keep at it and best of luck.
Congratulations
I'm thankful you made it out alive.
Shape of you is nothing compared to this masterpiece tbh
Agree. Shape of you is extremely overrated.
@@jimhalpert9803 not overrated just not this iconic
I agree with you shape of you 5B viewes wow
Agree as well. This is his best song in my opinion. You’d think artists would produce better songs over time, but nothing he’s done since compares to this.
this is absolute facts
Its April 2024, let's see how many legends are listening to this incredible song
Whom ever needs to hear this ,” you are loved and lovable!” Keep your Faith and never give up Hope ❤
How are u everywhere
Old Ed Sheeran is fantastic. I respect his rise and shift towards radio hits, but this stuff is gold
Me
Leaving my digital foot print here. Listening to this in 2024. Absolute track. Love solly 🙌🏾 have a beer for me if you read this xx
So he was like 17-18 when he wrote this?! incredible!
He is incredible talented lol
19
just an amazing artist!!!
TeamDoug TWD Carley actually helped survive. You stood there like a dingo & got yourself eaten.
TeamDoug TWD Ben died anyway, so helping someone live for a few more days wasn't really worth it, in my opinion. xD
and the sad thing is, this is a reality for so many people.
edit: just coming back to this and i didn't know so many people agreed with me. thank you guys.
liz willis he wrote this song for a girl named angel he meet
Holly King Yes, glad he tells a true story, one too many of us relate to. Sad it’s a helpless place to be in when there’s nothing more anyone can do, substances are quick or long brutal years watching a loved one die and not be able to get near them anymore. I’d say the worst is seeing them fade into a stranger, then forget their own family even children exist. Addiction over all is hard to accept...
ungrateful us
This needs more likes, enough of the 2019 comments
@@esconis5304 likes? come on. don't let the world fool you
Addiction is one hell of a battle man. Im trying my best to stop but its so hard to find a reason to stay sober. The world is on such a dark times we all need jesus
Embrace the Dark 🦎♟️
we need you…… ❤
I know the feeling it sucks
Where is Jesus or god there's people and children who are in agony and starving don't see him helping them
I remember staying up late on winter break listening to this song...was in high school, no responsibilities, no nothing...now my whole world is falling apart lol
ANIMOS! LA VIDA TIENE SUS ALTOS Y BAJOS PERO ES LINDA. te mando un abrazo enorme desde Argentina.
Luis Torrez thank you very much
:-)
This is life 😔💔..... the life is trip
I'll pray for u I'm sorry hopefully it'll get better
I can't believe this song is 10 years old. Time flies by.
Same here.
Same
SAME
this song is Immortal..
Ryann iV and still nothing changes
When Ed said: the worst things in life come free to us
I felt that...
That's the part that gets me the worst thing in life come free to us but also the best things in life are free what a double edged sword oh God gif us
Cover of a team🤩 th-cam.com/video/6xh-pqUyHcc/w-d-xo.html
So melodious it is😍
@@VV-ig1po best things in life are not free
Silvio Rodríguez escribió; "lo más terrible se aprende enseguida y lo hermoso nos cuesta la vida". Es parecida a lo qué Ed escribió
Tea Advice he said the worst!!!
This song is for my sister who lives this life. I am 6 years clean and hope she finds inner peace someday. They say you still have a chance if you have a heartbeat ! Never lose hope 🙏 ❤
Amen
Amen
Who else was really young and innocent when this came out and shocked at what the meaning was as you grew older
Same here. I first heard this song when I was around 6. Now I’m 16 time flies
Guitars & gerbils when you graduate high school and already are in your second year of college that’s when you know time really flies
Yeah same
im young but not exactly inocent... i know when they say shes in the "a team" it doesnt mean shes good at sport..
I heard this song when i was 4...we never knew, huh?
once a wise man said, "when you're happy you enjoy the melody but, when you're broken you understand the lyrics"
i always used to sing this as a kid not understanding it at all now i feel every word.
@@sarahgray8723 time & experience is the best teacher. hope you're doing well. ☺️
Drug addiction is hard to kick!! Some people just don't have the heart or mind to give up
maturity brakes the kind hearted
I've been hearing this song, but only now that im really so eager to try to understand each lines.. it made me feel sad for the character behind this song.🖤
I'm addicted to this song.
alba bandumba obviously you do because you took your time to be nasty.
Eli Story me too
that's mean by the way. And by the way, I'm also addicted to this song.
No you're not. This song is about actual addiction and this comment is extremely insensitive.
Skylar Webb as an ex addict of 17yrs that comment was soooo NOT insensitive
2024 anyone?
Here listening just now
Always
This song randomly popped in my head . Haven’t listened to it in so long so yeah now here I am ❤
🤩
Great song ❤❤❤
It's 2017 and I'm still crying
Fiory Gonza same😭😭
Fiory Gonza me too
Fiory Gonza yeah me too.
😭
Me too
To everyone reading this, May God remove your pain, worries, problems, and replace them with a good health, happiness and peace.
Same to you my darling 💕
=(
Shitty comment.
Same to you dear. I have been suffering through a chronic disease for the last 14 years and its so painful and i am very positive but some days are really bad and it gets difficult to see the light. And the good in the world. And i feel so dead. And i have been having such a bad couple of months. The routine shift due to covid made my issue worse. And i couldnt help but feel the pain of not just today, or this week or month but of all the 14 years and this song just played and played in loop. And then finally i gave myself a pep talk, came across your comment and it made me cry again but a bit happier. Like i felt your wish and i truly truly wish the same for you with all my heart.
@@issacclarke4194 Maybe you can translate this comment into 'wishing you all the best', or whatever. I'm not religious myself but I wish nothing but kindness upon the person who wrote the comment 'FUA', and I wish nothing but the same upon you, however lost you may be.
The lines " The worst things in life comes free to us. " made my day :D
Reyndom I don't under stand it though
Dr. Puggins basically life sucks
Dr. Puggins It means that effort has to be used for good things, but the bad things rewuire no effort.
Frosty Potter U were right all along.
Why though. Its a bad thing not a good thing
Hi, I'm 20 years old and I have heard this song at the store today. It isn't my first time hearing it, but I remembered it. Listened to it again a couple minutes ago then I read the comments. I just want to cry, all of you are so strong. Please don't give up.
Whoever is the inspiration of Ed Sheeran for this song, hope she's/he's/they're in peace and doing good now.
My thoughts exactly the same!
She died 9 years ago
@@livfarr2517 how do u kno?
im pretty sure this is based off a sex worker ed met named angel that passed away. thats why they show in the music video him sitting down n talking to her. i could be wrong tho but yea
Last verse
This song reminds me of my big brother. Last valentine's day, he overdosed, I miss him. So fucking much
Ohh thats shit man :) I Hope he is on a good Place now! 👊 Good life Brother
+Zamde i"m sorry to here about your big brother hes in a better place sorry again.....
Aww😣😣
+Zamde im sorry
sorry for ur loss
I had just come out of rehab and played this song CONSTANTLY to get me through that dark time. Never touched that horrible crap ever again, and I'm 12 1/2 years sober. This song pulled me through all of that and have been a huge fan since ❤
Gorl u r sooo strong GOD WILL ALWAYS take care of u gorl don’t wrry
So proud of you
Respect
Is right girl amazing.... I'm in rehab now after a 23 yr battle with addiction...
❤
Angel was a real person Ed knew when he was doing small gigs.
Yes ❤❤❤❤truth.
Who else sees this video in February 2021? it is still a masterpiece. The beginning of the career of our dear Ed Sheeran
Facts
No cap
@@valekm paaaa0
I'm watching this in your thirsty for likes. That's the year
March 2021
Who else thought that this was a love song when they first heard it but now realizes that it's a depressing song.
Fernnie G
Lol no it's a about a hooker on drugs
Yeah..
I've always knew it's a depressing song, before checking for the meaning behind the lyrics, I've always thought it was about a girl who used to excel in school sportswise but somehow failed to get a decent job and life, ending in prostitution and death due to drug abuse... it seems I wasn't too far off
Fernnie G right
This is one of his most underrated songs. People think of "Perfect" or "Shape of you" when they think of Ed Sheeran, when they honestly should think of this song, it's amazing.
Yeah this is by far his best
Ikr! This song, Autumn Leaves, Kiss Me, Small Bump, Lego House, Give Me Love - all his best songs are underrated. And although I don't like his new songs much, I still LOVE Ed for these. + is a beautiful album ❤️
I like his newer stuff too, but this song is SOOOO good. I get that its about a "non comfortable topic" but this, kiss me, and alot of the divide album is underated, which is kinda stupid but true
this has like 350m views, which is quite high for ed sheeran compared to most of his other songs
They do think of this song, look at the number of views
I can't believe that 13 years past by so fast. I've grown up, married, have a kid and yet I have a feeling that it was only couple years ago, when I was listening to this song on repeat sitting all alone in my room. Life is so fast lads.
Who else on a ed Sheeran old songs marathon 🙋🏾♀️
u know it 🙋🏾♀️
Khadija 🙋🏼♀️
Khadija I always am...
I've listened to three of his albums on loop for about two months.. his music never gets old ❤
Khadija meee! :)
6 years later and I still love this song
this song reminds me of when i was little and i would watch my big sister listen to this song, in pain but happy tears. she was heavily depressed and listening to this song now makes me so happy that she's recovered
+a gøner aww thats great that she is better :)
+a gøner Same
same
true feelings
This song means so much to me… it’s so comforting. I’ve been struggling with depression since I was a child, and when I listen to this it just makes me feel less alone and it really says a lot about what I’ve gone thru, the drinking, the drugs… thank u Ed ♥️
Love from India
Hey sending you lots of love!! stay strong girl xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Very nice how you feeling now
Am currently facing depression but when I see other people here who have been through more worse I keep on hanging on 🙏
Lots of hugs to you from Denmark🇩🇰
the first wave of ed sheeran...the mainstream dont even know this song was exist...the best song he ever made
Oh my God. I was 10 the first time I heard this. As I got older, I began to understand bits and pieces of the lyrics. I can't believe that I missed, "breathing in the snowflakes, burnt lungs, sour taste," as most likely relating to drugs. This song is a beautiful sad masterpiece.
Same i was 9 when i heard it and now i can understand what the lyrics actually mean
It's amazing hearing songs that we heard before but not knowing the meaning behind them and as the years go on we learn to understand the meanings of the song
+NoOneImportant ikr
+DarkeTrazo what's da meaning of da song
I AM 10 and I understand this song
The fact that he wrote it when he was barely 18 or 19 is itself mindblowing let alone his vocals!
Ed is definitely a gift to mankind❤️!
no he was 19, since he's 27 now and this was eight years ago.
the video is from 2010 but Ed wrote the song when he was younger.....anyway late teens:)
He went to the shelter when he was eighteen, and started writing ideas down, but he only finished it the next year around February
He was 17! He said that at the concert in Warsaw. I know cause I've been there
AMEN!!
I am an ex meth addict. This is the only song that brings brings my mind back to where it needs to be.. whenever I get a craving to do anything stupid I watch this video and listen to THIS song and it’s the ONE thing that gets through my head and reminds me what I will NEVER go back to... one of my favorite songs.. but living this kind of life watching the video I’m prepared to cry.
My best wishes to you, I hope u are doing well, and are surrounded with positivity! Don't forget that there are people who love you!
Best of luck to you
Stay strong x
Keep getting better darling. Praying you all the courage and strength you need. Warm hugs.
Been there also stay strong thing do get easier with time xx❤️
When you were kid, you enjoyed the music.
When you are adult, you understood the music.
I hardly doubt you understand
@@tobe-you-tube6612he’s actually right
Right on
Crazy to think he used to sing at my pub, now look at him
Are you serious?
wyguypro yes
RiversideMedia, Visual effects omg i wish i went to ur pub back then wherever the fuck your pub is
how old was he back then ? I suggest around 18 maybe ?
Why are you mad?
Ed Sheeran wrote this song when he met a girl named Angel at a Christmas gig for the homeless charity- crisis. He wrote this song based on her story.
EDIT: MUM IM FAMOUS JHABSHAJ
Christmas 2009
ahhhh its a 222 and i really dont wanna mess it up
yeah then she died
@@nise8531 Give Me Love isnt about the same girl, and Angel from The A Team didn't die.
She commit suicide I think
Let's take a moment to appreciate Selina MacDonald who acted so well and increased the value of this amazing masterpiece
Lol MacDonald
Putoh Chua it’s a common surname dummy? How’d you think the restaurant got its name Putoh sounds like pluto 💀
My son was an addict, he spent two yrs on the streets begging, he didn't want to come home as the rule of no needles as I have two younger children I had to safeguard. I showed him this video bout a Yr ago n he cried saying it was just like that. But he's now coming upto a Yr clean, so proud of him he's turned his life around, parents always keep that door open they will come one day I promise xxxxxxx it's now official Elliott is a Yr clean today(10th May 2020) so having a bbq but no party til lock down over but God I'm so proud of him xxxxx love you ell love mum xxxx👏👏👏🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
I’m happy for u and ur son
@@tjf5915 thank you it means alot x
God bless. Songs really do do wonders
He was hours away dying from sepsis, but rushed him to hospital he spent a good 3months in hospital n would of done a runner like most to go score because there clucking but the hospital prescribed methadone and that's when his journey started and a Yr later he's got his own flat he works and is happy n healthy in life, and I got Elliott back, as a family we just keep supporting him xx
Sharron Kerby Houghton so happy for you! X
I'm leaving this comment here so after a month or a year when someone likes it, I get reminded of this song ❤
Edit : for every comment i will listen the song twice, thank y'all :)
7/11/2023 : Thank you everyone for the reminders by commenting, I didn't expect it but I do come here an awful lot to listen to this amazing song over and over again, all thanks to you!!
i dont think it works with likes, but it does work with replies so imma reply to this comment and like ig
There u go
Its Really a Good song. I Been Addicted to Opiods since 5 Years, its really hard, Been through 3 withdrawals but i can't Stop it... this song helps so much... i wished i Never touched that shitt...
It's time!
Still gorgeous
It's sad that people have the image of Ed Sheeran as the singer of Shape of You while there are many better songs that he has composed and written....
True
It’s a sad tale
what is wrong with shape of you?
@@ferdinandmartin8345 Nothing's wrong with Shape Of You., It's just that Shape Of You isn't Ed's best song and people should know about his other songs as well...
That's all
@@ani_mesh best is relative ^^
This song, this music video is so underrated nowadays.
can't believe it's been 5 years! OMG
+Hok Man Herman Chu WHAT??
Holy shit, me too
+Hok Man Herman Chu The older we are, the faster time goes ...
+Hok Man Herman Chu 5555555555555
IKR
Back when Ed Sheeran was underrated ❤️ good old days , thumbs up if you’re still here in 2K18, you a real one ❤️🤴🏿
Me like your comment 😀😀
Harry Saumalu Laifai I'm still here since I was 2 and I'm 11
Harry Saumalu Laifai ç
I mean, we should be happy that people finally realize what of an talent he is.
I was here when he was spitting on grime with devlin, P money, Ghetts etc. Before his pop days had even started!
i know no one will see this but i've had a really bad year. This was the first proper song i ever learnt as a child, and i never understood the video clip but i always watched it. My mum left me and this, this is the only thing that reminds me of her. I love her so much even tho i shouldn't. My birthday wish is always for her to come back. I just want my mum back.
edit: i only just saw everyones lovely messages. thank u guys so much. much love to everyone ❤️
Don't lose hope dear, life can get pretty hard at times just have courage and be strong.......... sending u a virtual hug 💖
I’m so sorry your going through that 😢I’m wishing you blessing ❤️
Hold strong and my you be blessed.💙
Don’t let life get the better of you 💕
Ava accept without one ounce of self doubt the emotion of loss of ur Mother. Totally natural. Life has the exam before the lesson so often the way . We swim best we can through the tuff current till we hit a safe haven . Keep ur eyes looking forward to ur goals . B strong
MY BABY & MYSELF HAD A PIPE OR TWO LISTENING,, JUST BEC😢WE SMOKECRACK WE ALWAYS LOOK GOOD AND DECENT
wtf i finally realized the meaning of these lyrics 😯
Yea, Ed spent time volenteering at a homeless shelter, and this song is based on a homeless crack addict he met there 😔
'class A Team' 👉 'class A drugs team'
Same
Yep. It’s about a prostitute/crack addict
XD
You've only scratched the surface listen to little lady from his no. 5 collaborations project
Spoilers:
She turns out to be 12 and she gets murdered on her 13th birthday
It's crazy how many people come back to this everyday. This song is legendary.
Lol
Ikr😁
I'm one of those people.
👀💔is just me or is this comment on ever TH-cam video...🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
stolen comment. hmmm
I worked the streets from age 13 until I was 17. I'm almost 50 years old and those are the memories I can't forget even though all my other memories are fading.
Wow. I did start the streets at that age too or younger! Luckily I broke free before it was too late at age 18-19
@tallyherkids8095 I figured I was being abused at home anyway, and if anyone was going to be doing that to my body, I was going to make money off it. It paid my bills and, unfortunately, my drug habits too, but I got clean at age 17, and I've been clean since. People don't realize how many kids are out on the streets they think it's a small problem. I'm happy to hear you, too, were able to get yourself to a better place in this crazy life.💜
I see y'all❤ thank u guys for ur continuous bravery, u survived so much, I'm so proud of u guys, and so grateful u could teach me just how resilient i could be too. Y'all are inspiring as f*ck and are so brave, im really sorry this happened to u. Your story is gonna stay with me and im gonna keep my family safe, I still work with people who this happened to and it took a lot off tears and love to get through it, sending love from the women and girls in my life
@@Shellyshocked yea it was a time where I didn’t think about my decision I made them before I started to hesitate I was living a very fast life. From pillar to posts. I live in Jamaica the concrete jungle I’ve been raped many times than I can count gang up on all the worst things that could happened to a female happened to me and I took it all with a smile only because I decided I ain’t gonna stay home anymore n be locked up with no leniency to go anywhere whole time I’m being fvked by my step bro n my auntie man! So road did it for me but I passed the last test God gave me on the road which was to leave a abusive possessive man I found myself tangled with thinking it was love poor me at age 17 thinking this was the only person who behaved as if they couldn’t live without me and it felt like the perfect high but the moment I left him I passed the test n now when God showers me with blessings and I’m like what good have I ever done to deserve this??? He whispers and reminds me of all the Loses I’ve took in life and turned the other cheek😉. Bless u dear!
@@Luke-zv6bb thanks for the love and thanks for seeing us❤️
after all these years - this is such an amazing soothing song. I just love it. Truly one of the all time "chilled" greats
Love this ...
facts
Idk if you've ever listened to cage the elephant, but look up "flow". The one song that will always make me feel at ease
@@FantasticBadger If you only knew and understood:
Wordily pleasures for the ears and for the eyes: music, movies, sport. That kind of entertainment is given by lucifer to mankind, to keep them busy doing and knowing nothing, When human dies, he or she is surprised that he or she keeps existing. Yet the only reason for it is, they had their lifetime on earth catching delusions and illusions. Never loved the truth, never cared for it and as some used to say: 1st comes laughter, then turning of the head, then closing of the ears, freezing of the heart, then life in struggle and then regrets and cries. The last 2 shall be there forever. = the life of a ignorant fools. Creating “perfect” offspring who`s genetic DNA is mixed: human + animal + angel + inverting every soul + posses them with evil spirits = perfect spell casting, look at the public, they all sing and dance along not sensing reality. The tares and the wheat - a story in the bible. 2 different offspring, growing together, shoulder next to shoulder.
The "rituals" haven`t stopped happening, these got renamed to fit the timelines: in our days, the rituals are:
music concerts
showing off the masonic hand sighs and symbols
becoming "trans"
still needed blood sacrificing (singers, actors, in need of sacrificing their loved ones and friends, later being the needed sacrifice themselves, these are knows an “accidental overdoses”).
few more.
Truly!
This video gives more meaning when you realize Ed Sheeran was once homeless himself. What if he wrote this with someone in mind?
This is making me really sad. Just thinking about it being someone he knew
jarisfurry no he wasn't.
Actually Ed said that he wasn't homeless but only sort of
If you don't have a permanent , safe roof your head your head every night you are homeless
implied in the original comment was that he was homeless to the extent the woman in this video was. He wasn't. He was without a bed on some nights after gig and occasionally slept on the tube. But most nights he had a roof over his head. He may have technically been without a home, and if he was in ordinary employment then yes he would be described as homeless, but this is relatively common for a lot of musicians. No point people trying to make out he lived on the streets for years like some tabloids tried to do.
Still struggling after 25yrs of addiction, this songs so so familiar to my life, kills me!!!!
The fact that most of us were so young when this song came out. But now we actually understand the subject and it makes me so sad to think this is some peoples reality
I was 14 in 9th grade when this song came out. I was over weight and being bullied. This song made me brave and stood up for myself and changed my life. I am 26 now and living my best life
Anyone's opinion of you doesn't matter!! Only your opinion matters ❤🙋♂️🇨🇦
old ahh
I experienced this as well and am the same age, greetings to you from Germany!
@@lazy_902 🧢🧢🧢
@@Jade_Hanson one of the things I'm grateful for is the fact that I am not hindered by another person's opinion of me, if/when you get there aswell you'll agree. Unless of course it is because you have perished-
It's too cold outside for angels to fly.
Its stil summer
now it ended
SqeakyTheBaldHeadedMouse It's not summer now. WINTER IS COMING
Regina Phalange and we all best be south when it does
That line means she is beyond saving from the drugs.
The A Team is seriously amazing! Ed Sheeran’s voice is so soothing, and the storytelling is next level. It’s like you can feel every emotion in the song. It’s definitely a classic that everyone should have heared!❤
Today marks the exact 7 years of this song
Kinza Tariq I
Kinza Tariq wow this is 7 years old? Damn.
It was released in 2012
Ben Smith it was released in 2010
22nd of April, my birthday.
I can’t be the only person who cries when they hear this song.
"Now angel will die
Covered in white, closed eye
And hoping for a better life"
That line
@Brook Anderon I cry too.
FRoM LoNdon wIV LoVe 💋
every time
and the comment section doesn't help
@@ReD-tq6ss Top Tip
DON'T read the comment section.
FRoM LoNdon wIV LoVe 💋
These lyrics hit so much especially the next two lines too “this time we’ll fade out tonight, straight down the line” that means that she eventually overdosed she faded out hoping for a better life 😕
@@icytrap not necessarily,"this time,we'll fade out tonight, straight down the line" - could easily be a reference to a 'line of coke/heroin. and obviously when whacked "we fade out" lyrics are often to be taken differently by different people.
There's no' right way especially when as ambiguous. It is a beautiful song, by far Sheeran's best imho.
FRoM LoNdon wIV LoVe 💋
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 eighteen
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 upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams
And 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
Tried to swim and stay afloat
Dry house, wet clothes
Loose change, bank notes
Weary-eyed, dry throat
Call girl, no phone
And they say
She's in the Class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since eighteen
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 upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams
And 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
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 they say
She's in the Class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since eighteen
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
They scream
The worst things in life come free to us
And we're all under the upper hand
Go mad for a couple grams
And 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
For angels to fly, to fly, to fly
For angels to die
why?
The Midnight Voids
It's what I like. The convenience is nice.
fafafagat
fafafagat
Game Spark lol same
I ran away from home when I was 18,ran away from abuse and pain. I was a kid full of dreams and ideas and reality crushed a lot of them. I lived in the streets for almost a year,by myself. Whenever I hear this song it reminds me how I made the best possible step for my own future. It used to make me cry my eyes out and now I feel proud of myself..
❤
❤❤
You should be in a lot better place now
@@TAY-TAYLOVERYT I am.
No lie, this song never fails to make me cry. I still remember when I was really young and I loved the melody and thought it was a pretty song. I memorized the lyrics and sang to it on the radio. But being young, I never really understood what the lyrics meant. Then one day it came on the radio again and i told my mother I loved the song. I said it was happy. She said it was sad. I asked, "How so?" She repeated the lyrics to me and I saw the song in a new light. I was pretty quick to piece together lyrics like, "Breathing in snowflakes," and "In a pipe we fly to the motherland." I told my mother, "I understand now," and turned my head to look out the window as it snowed. She asked, "Thinking?" I replied, "Yeah. The snow is pretty," while tears ran down my cheeks. I'm now 17. I haven't heard this song in years, but I just finished listening to it again. My heart still aches. My tears still fall.
you are a poet 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍😭
you are great
Kayla N. Thinkin out loud
same
Not only does the song make me cry, but now your comment too :'( xoxo
My mom loved this song, she passed away a week ago :c
I'm so sorry. Prayers to you and yours
That’s sooo sad! Sorry for your loss.
Sorry for youre loss😔❤️
My prayers are with you my friend Sending my love and Blessings... I'm here for you..
matchbaa I’m so sorry for your loss,
This song is based on a true story about a girl called Angel. In an interview, Ed Sheeran explained that ‘The A Team’ song was based on the experiences of a particular woman at the shelter called Angel, he sings ‘Angels to fly’ line in the song, he said: “’The A Team’ came from an experience I had when I did a gig at a homeless shelter. I was 18 at the time and kind of quite naïve. So, I was a bit taken aback by some of the stories that I heard. I got home that night and I just wrote a lot of the lyrics. I wanted to write it so it sounded kind of upbeat, so you wouldn’t really know what it’s about, because it’s quite a dark subject.” Sheeran stated that the song’s title, he said: “A drug like crack cocaine is called a ‘Class A drug’. That’s in the same category as heroin. Instead of making it clear and just saying what the problem was, I’d say, ‘She’s in the ‘Class A’ team.’ It was kind of my way of covering up “a person’s addiction”, I guess, making it a bit more subtle. But Sheeran also told Q magazine that the story of the song was inspired by a homeless person he met at a Christmas gig, he said: “I played at a Christmas gig for the homeless charity Crisis. I met this homeless there and her story inspired me to write a song. I wrote a tune about a similar situation, not entirely based on her, because I didn’t want to pinch someone else’s story. After it got into the charts I got lots of messages from parents saying that something similar had happened to their daughters. When I wrote it I never thought that it would connect with so many people, but it’s great it has.”
wow
Powerful...
Absolutely love it. # TheAteam #EdSheeran 💯❤
its too cold outside.. For Angels to fly
This song hits so hard , reminds me of a highschool friend who graduated top of our batch and finish college with flying colors from our country's top university. Sadly , a year after graduating he passed away due to heart attack. His someone who came from a very poor family which was his driving force to be on top. To cope with the pressure he abused alcohol and become a smoker , took so much toll on his body and little does his family know he had been suffering from lung cancer by the time he graduated. I guessed maybe God doesn't want him to suffer more and maybe his mission on Earth was completed already. I want to think as well that he is now an angel beside God
Very sad 😔 sorry mate x
Do you believe in Jesus?
Don't tell us your history crack, nobody doesn't matter 😎
Your God made him suffer in the first place. According to Christianity he planned all of it.
@@eduardotejerasosa8476 do you believe in Jesus tho?
unpopular opinion: this is the most iconic ed sheeran song
Thats not an unpopular opinion. It is his most iconic
No, Photograph is better but yeh this is much more iconic than most of his hits
@@richymt20 i think this one is more meaningful, but they’re both masterpieces
I see fire is the best for me, but it could be because I'm a LOTR and Hobbit fan
This song is the first in his yt I think
ฉันรู้จัก ED ครั้งแรกจากเพลง Give Me Love ตอนนี้ฉันคือคน Thailand ที่ฟังเพลง ED มากที่สุด
I remember when this was Ed's most popular song.
SKILL SHOW What?
sub 'n' smile! That meme is dead and burried mate. Let it go.
what?
sub 'n' smile! Haha nice story, I'm just not that gullable. Sorry. And, and just so you know. Random subs don't get you anywhere. I have 14k subs, but they're random subs who subscribed because I have 1 popular lyrics video of 16 mln views (for which I don't get money). The videos I upload get like 500 views. If the 14k subs were for the content I now upload, it would be considerably more, but seeming as they're random subs, I don't get shit. That's what awaits you too for trying to get subs this way. Best thing to do is just start making videos and hope you go somewhere. YT is not an easy business. The one thing I wanna give you as advice: don't make up some lame ass story and lie to your subs. I know, I know. This is YT, so you're probably gonna stick with your story, but just try to consider what I'm saying here. We both know you're not being truthful. I'll throw you a bone and subscribe, but it isn't gonna matter for shit. You'll see.
"Now angel will die
Covered in white, closed eye
And hoping for a better life"
That line
Same xD
Every line....
still one of best & deepest songs ever written in mainstream music. we don't have something like this masterpiece in mainstream music these days.
Five years sober from drugs for me. I used to listen to this song a lot hoping I would beat it and I did! Never give up hope there’s always light at the end of the tunnel 😊
6 weeks tomorrow for me bro after 20 years,never touch that bollocks again
I understand this a lot better than I did 6 years ago 😅 it's sadder too…
not impressive
God damn, do I feel you on that.
+Shane McInroy ikr
ikr
Yeah, I was 8 and just thought it was a nice song but now I'm just a wreck of emmotions when I hear it.
This is one of the greatest songs ever written.
Ethan Jonas you are so right!! 🤩
So many great double meanings in this song. A-team could mean she used to be an honor roll student or that she takes class- A drugs. The sinking wasting bit could be either from drugs or HIV, but could also reference the disillusionment that many of us experience in the transition from childhood to adulthood. The pipe could be referencing either a literal crack pipe or a 'pipe dreams' that pair with the earlier reference to day-dreaming. 'Snowflakes' could be cocaine or the cold-environment that is also reinforced. It could be an over-reaching analysis, and maybe Sheeran didn't intentionally write these lines as double entendre's but the ambiguity in this song I feel is quite masterful and makes the song relatable to damn near everyone.
Kevin Deemer fr!
I appreciate your comment 💚
I like your comment
Geez y can’t some ppl just listen to a song
I wasn't going to like because it was on 69, but then I read the comment and could only think: this completely changed my perception of this song. Bravo, Sir.
As a always forever recovering opiate addict, I absolutely love this song. It's so beautiful and sad. 14 years clean! So happy and crying eveytime this plays. You'll never read this, but Ed, you helped me be happy and clean. Thank you, I only hope that since we aren't homeless anymore, I can one day afford to go a concert. I'm a Russian American, so the motherland hits so hard, especially with what's happening now.
This song is beautiful, the message is beautiful, the person who sings it is beautiful, and the person reading this comment is beautiful...👌
Дмитрий Москаль I never read this comment...😅
Thank you. I needed this.
All beautiful
And the person who wrote this is beautiful
You are beautiful because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
You beautiful too
Almost 8 years and this song will never get old❤️
Leia Humphries 8 years now
Leia Humphries jj
Leia Humphries felt old yet?
Leia Humphries this song is a legend though
this is so good, but still very sad;(
Funny how a 4 minute clip can tell a more powerful story than most 2 hour long films
mmafrankie23 yeah actually 😶
So true
🙌
so true, and interesting
Well, what kind of films do you watch? Haha
But I get it, Ed Sheeran is great
You guys never made this song die...
I know many girls suffering this life. This track is so honest and real!
I use to be one of those girls well not the call girl part but i was a crack and herion addict after my brothers tragic death in 2013 and a prison sentence i got clean listening to meaningful songs do help... this song is raw but real i love ed sheerans music... i do suffer with depression and ptsd but music n writing poems do help
@@Saifsandhu-786 I wish you all the best my dear, I'm praying for you. Take care and stay safe!
@@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp aww thank you very much that means alot
People dont realise how powerful someone doing a prayer for you can be.. so thank you.. can i just ask how do you know many girls with this problem?
@@Saifsandhu-786 As I mentioned in my post I have personal relations with several going through this. It's like they are on a treadmill with no escape. I will help get them off for 2 or 3 days inside my place, and the first thing they do after they leave my place is go out to score once again. I never fault them for being weak, it's a tough life out there! I know!
@@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp very nice of you
The fact people are commenting on this video years after its release is incredible. Just goes to show how powerful music can really be.
Now that's what I call a music video!
+Jerin Joy Tf?
+Isha Kumar omg Phandom
Apparently, it was made with only 20 euros. Crazy right!
"Sells love to another man."-Ed Sheeran. That's a good one.
I appreciate that u appreciate that ❤
The song has deeper meaning. For those who don’t know. Ed was in homeless shelters when he was younger and this songs about a girl named Angel that he knew. She was a prostitute who was addicted to drugs. “Angels to fly”
Not quite, Ed met 'Angel' in a homeless shelter where he was performing for a xmas charity type of thing, he wasn't actually a homeless person, sometimes sofa surfed and slept on trains at times after moving to London as a teenager, but he was still an independent artist at that time
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@@veronicam2935 yes but @Ace ment that
@@weissbrott why people comment just to argue 😂
"It's to cold outside for angels to fly"
Started crying 😢
MiKuSSS Nie mam nazwiska sameee I can't with this song 😢
Polish Bulldawg So did I boo..... Great song
Can't beleive ED Sheeran wrote this song when he was 19,
I am 21 still figuring out to what to do in my life
you are still young don't stress about not knowing what to do it's not worth it
Love this song!!! This is my favorite cover: th-cam.com/video/ibDN54HlAkE/w-d-xo.html
But it's super underrated :(
Actually 18, he wrote it on Christmas 2009. And this song first came out in loose change ep which was released in January 2010
@@emilyqiyuewang2101 adding more salt to the wound
Yo man everyone will shine on their "Time' You will shine on ur Time comes
everytime I hear this song the emotions just hits me like a truck
Lotta 123 i think of how a song of prostitution and drugs gets popular but I guess that's ed sheeran
i think you mean the ed-motions... ill go home
Lotta 123 skrtt
Sorry .... Not the right time
William Hurst we
i listened to this playlist th-cam.com/video/UAWcs5H-qgQ/w-d-xo.html during severe clinical depression.... Now these songs, smells, taste, even everyday objects bring back months of flashbacks and pain within seconds....these songs drag these flashbacks out
I miss when his music sounded like this. I like pop music, which is a lot of things he did now, but I like these kind of songs more. This song also has so much meaning. If you like his current music, it’s fine, I just miss stuff like this
He's had some recent songs, like Visiting Hours. And even his poppy songs have deep meanings like The A Team and other + songs do
He said his next album will have more songs like those. "Afterglow" was a taste of that :D
Same here his music has changed so much since his early days
Same. I'm broken (as are many nowadays) and this kind of music helps stay sane.
Have you heard One Life? Or Leave your life from his new album? They're kind of like this, more meaningful and amazing 💖
I honestly really need to get this off my chest. 10 years ago, songs used to be so 'real' like she will be loved by maroon 5, love the way you lie by rihanna, eminem and skylar grey, the a team by ed sheeran and so on... what happened? Where are the songs describing real life struggles and sacrifices and emotions? Where are the songs that actually made it seem like you were listening to a piece of art, poems almost? It seems it got downhill after 2016 and now it feels we hit rock bottom. Also with the social media, instagram etc dominating life so much and people aiming for those 'perfect' lifestyles, musicians trying to make bops about sex and fun. What happened to the simpler times when we didn't compare our lives as much and put our struggles into words?
I miss it and i didn't realize times could change this much...
Yeah, i know some people would say 'we just grew up' but i was 25 when this came out and now 35 and i can confirm that times did really change regardless of the 'growing up' we did. It's a much more toxic society, sadly.
You both are very true, unfortunately :(
U gotta go to the Alternative or Punk (or some people call it emo or scremo)
Listen to these bands:
1. All Time Low (the band not the song)
2. Pierce The Veil
3. Sleeping With Sirens
4. Three Days Grace
5. Melanie Martinez (her K-12 album movie is AMAZING there are SOOO many good topics she covers like women's bodies, eating disorders, men in government and more! Her Crybaby album is also AMAZING she talks about depression, being a child in a home where theirs infidelity and abuse its just all great!!!!!)
6. Pink
7. Jesse J
And I can list more if interested!
I basically only listen to music that is relatable or emotional or inspiring
@@Aj_Leigh oh wow thanks so much for the recommendations my friend!!! I stopped listening to music recently and it makes me happy to know there are still meaningful songs out there! So thank you and thank you a lot again!😊😊😊
@@eliava2098 no problem iv been listening to most of them for 8+ years since like middle school high school
Who agrees this is Ed Sheeran's best song?
Drugs destroy your life and everyone around you.Please always stay strong and remember the good things in life and people that love you.Dont be afraid to live life. The world is scary and dangerous but we will make it through.(:
Bella Florez 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
👍🏻👍🏻🤙🏻
Castle Crasher how may I ask ??
@@RosinGoblin I'll pray for you 🙏
@@halfbakedmunky5566 Drugs help people destroy their lives
"The A Team"
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 eighteen
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 upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams
And 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
Tried to swim and stay afloat
Dry house, wet clothes
Loose change, bank notes
Weary-eyed, dry throat
Call girl, no phone
And they say
She's in the Class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since eighteen
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 upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams
And 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
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 they say
She's in the Class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since eighteen
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
They scream
The worst things in life come free to us
And we're all under the upper hand
Go mad for a couple grams
And 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
For angels to fly, to fly, to fly
For angels to die
Thanks ❤️
This one cuts waaay deep... shout out to anyone who has lost someone or themself to addiction.
I lost my mom 20 years ago and unfortunately found myself in the sh*t only half a year ago. I'm in rehab now though. But thank you so much for the shout out. I honestly needed that right now and I just wanted you to know that it means a lot to us who seems forgotten
@@diegodominiksommercorell1103 That's terrible and I'm so sorry you lost your mother. I'm still fighting addiction to this day... it truly Is a day to day battle but once you start really being strong and fighting off the urge to use you will feel so much better about yourself. There ia so much more to life sweetheart. You are not alone and you're awesome. If you ever need to talk to someone Ill be here I promise.
Niki Dominik I’m sorry for your loss. I hope you’re ok and in a healthy family of yours.
Thank bro
Thanks alot
2024 anyone? This song hits home as I lost my little brother he was 18 years old he died January 23rd of 2024 he was an addict fighting addiction growing up just as horrible as the rest of us addiction got him at they young age of 13 he died in his friends house at 3am from a fentanyl overdose my mom and I got a call from his friend at noon the next day and said he wasn’t waking up he knew he couldn’t go home to our moms house because he was high so he stayed at his friends house when we got there he was in the back room ems pumped him full of ever drug they had trying to bring him back but he was to far gone they thought they seen something on the machine that resembled a heart beat so they took him to the er where we all went we stood by his bed side as they called time of death we sat with him and held him while my mother cried in our arms the drs and nurses and Ems were incredible and now when I’m sick and I go to the er I always end up getting the room facing the one he died in
"The worst things come free to us."
That totally hit me now in 2020.
It hits hard,the irony of life.
@@HallieOreo it was a common misconception