Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. “Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. But there is seemingly no way out but death. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"-being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. "This is what can happen to you, so watch what the Hell your doing, & maybe you can prevent it."īelongs right up there with songs like "Pepper" from The Butthole Surfers, "Better Man" & "Jeremy" from Pearl Jam.& songs of that nature.īelongs right up there with songs like "Pepper" from The Butthole Surfers, "Better Man" & "Jeremy" from Pearl Jam.& songs of that nature. Dark, sinister, haunting, affecting, to be held up as a warning, That's what I liked about 90's music in general, it ACTUALLY had a message. You may all go back to your regularly scheduled programming now. And that to me, is what this song is all about. & that class, is what happens to our youth. They get these crazy highs, that are quickly followed by these I-want-to-slit-my-wrists-&-die lows. You get the drive, then you lose it as quickly as you get it, because you become a disaffected, disillusioned, apathitic idiot, who can't see past your own bullshit. One where they could effect the change they so desperately wanted. And, the people in your own peer group who had the wise ideas in the first place, are now washouts, doing lines in the back of some frickin' tore-down hoopty, or drunk off their asses in some friends parent's basement, because they were to lazy to get off their asses & try to get a REAL job. It stinks to high Heaven, & you can smell the rot from thousands of miles away, but you can't fix it, because society is against you. You start realizing that the whole thing blows. Society in general, rules, regulations, & the people in charge, IE politicians, lawyers, the president, etc. As a teenager, we have this sense that everything's wrong, & if the generations before us were to stupid & f***ed up to fix it, then we'll be the ones! IT'S OUR TURN! But as you get older I'm 21 now, you realize that everything works against you. I do believe that it's about the futility of life, of being a teenager, & wanting to fix & change everything. So, since I don't have an answer from him, here's my take. All these years later, it still haunts me. Lots of celebs did that one during the early-mid nineties, & the song played in the background as he spoke. I always knew there was a strong, dark meaning behind it, because I remember being a little girl, & hearing Michael do the "don't drink & drive" campaign thing. Anyway, I've always believed that this song held great importance. ![]() IE.an explanation straight from the horses mouth (Michael Stipe).But I guess you can't have everything, right? Lol. Well, I was hoping someone would give me the real answer here. Nobody tells you where to go, baby, baby, baby
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