The 'Confident' singer took the stage at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday (October 14). “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. Demi Lovato delivered the world premiere performance of 'Commander in Chief,' and it was powerful. 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. We'll be in the streets while you're bunkering down If we fight for what's right, there won't be justice for just some How does it feel to still be able to breathe? We're in a state of crisis, people are dying If I did the things you do, I couldn't sleep 'Cause there are people worse off that have suffered enoughīut you can't get enough of shutting down systems for personal gainįighting fires with flayers and praying for rain That's been affected and resented every story you've spun, and I'm a lucky one If you mess with things selfishly, they're bound to come undone?
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