The only reason it was remade was to scoop up a boatload of money from a more modern and accepting audience. Just listening for the 784,654th time.and it's just perfect in every way. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. “I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. “Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. To you, I'm a toy, but I could be the boy you adoreĪlthough you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you It's not you, you let me down again (hey, hey, hey)Ī little time and I'll make you happy (hey, hey, hey) I went to the door, I can't take any more "I'll be over at ten," you told me time and againīut you're late, I wait around and then (bah-dah-dah) So build me up (build me up) buttercup, don't break my heart I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around?Īnd then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup, baby
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