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Sarah McLachlan — Angel (live)
Album: Afterglow
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Released: 2003
Length: 5:30
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Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There's always some reason
To feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
Oh, and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

In the arms of the angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here

So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lie
That you make up for all that you lack
It don't make no difference
Escaping one last time
It's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

In the arms of the angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here
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I sing this to my dog sometimes when she starts whining like it's the end of the world. Remember the old dog rescue commercial?

TIL the song was written about another heroin overdose
Great voice, but, too mellow for me.
 naomin wrote:

All these glottals stops are making me crazy


I'm not convinced that you actually know what a glottal stop is.
omg so wonderful.. rips your heart open! 
 naomin wrote:
All these glottals stops are making me crazy
 
Crazy good
A great conversation on the CBC show Q about the enduring power of this song: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4707955
Beautiful song. Beautiful voice. Beautiful woman
All these glottals stops are making me crazy
those souls that have lived face to face with this sort of sorrow understand the sounds of this song
Meh
Morons yelling out, zero enunciation and yodelly voice. Ugh.
Very nice, such passion in this rendition.