He tried to justify his actions more so to himself then to others (My charade is the event of the season). He pretended (Masquerading as a man with a reason) to know what he was doing in front of others so as not to seem wrong. He pushes himself on even in his sleep, telling himself to carry on. (Though my mind could think I still was a mad man) He hurt the ones around him unknowningly when he was simply trying to improve himself because he can't tell wrong from right. He tries to make things right but failing because he couldn't see how (Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man). Then, as things began to fall apart he didn't know what to do, having things always going his way before. He took everybody around him for granted and pushed away the ones he should have held close. He was feeling really good about himself,but he got complacent. Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion). 'Rising' above the rest if you will (Once I rose above the noise and confusion To further elaborate, this is a man who had every non-materialistic thing he wanted in life such as friends, popularity etc. “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.I feel this song is about a man who is lost. 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. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets." She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. "There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother our last name was Smith. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it." "What it feels to descend from the mountain top. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Though my mind could think I still was a mad man Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion Once I rose above the noise and confusion
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