Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics. But I think you might be right about a couple of friends who "used to be wild and free" and now one of them is married with kids. I think the song's about a couple of friends who used to be wild and free, but one of them got married, had some kids, and found herself kind of stuck in Alaska as a housewife while the other is still out there, living the musician's life. 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. Well, good morning there / What a way to start the day / With everything laid bare,” Ed Sheeran sings in the first verse, enthusiastic to be waking up beside his woman.

Ed Sheeran reflects on his good fortunes in landing someone with such peace and support and speaks of not fearing the dark days because he knows they’ll all end in the safety nets of her arms. The meaning is pretty obvious; she mailed a letter to an old friend in Texas but found out she'd moved to Alaska. Her musical career was ignited by a bootleg recording made around a Kerrville Folk Festival campfire on a Sony walkman. 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.Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. I am honestly really surprised at how little understanding there is of this song - obviously she has been fawning over this old female friend of hers for some time, and there are multiple suggestions that they might have hooked up at some previous time; her ex-crush is now "anchored down in Anchorage", whereas she would prefer her to be available, now that, as the letter to her seems to suggest, she realizes her entrapment in Alaska/heterosexuality, etc. Midnight” is a song about finding a love that is so true that it provides a calming feeling through every storm. On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.

There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again.Well, I get lost inside my head / In this chaos, you’re my calm / And I will find my feet again / ‘Cause еven the worst days of my life will always еnd / At midnight in your arms,” sings Ed Sheeran in the chorus, revelling in his good luck. 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. Released in England as ‘The Texas Campfire Tapes’ without Shocked’s authority, its success abroad enticed Mercury Records to offer the newcomer a recording contract. As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics.