SARAH MCLACHLAN - ANGEL
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 Seep 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 Lies
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 Angels
May You Find Some Comfort Here
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Sarah McLachlan
Producer(s): Pierre Marchand
Mclachlan Wrote This About A Drug-Addict's Struggles With The World. The "Angel" Symbolizes The Drugs The Addict Gives In To Repeatedly.
As Mclachlan Explained On Vh1 Storytellers, This Song Is About The Smashing Pumpkins Touring Keyboard Player Jonathan Melvoin, Who Overdosed On Heroin And Died In 1996. Mclachlan Didn't Know Him And Was Never A Heavy Drug User Herself, But When She Read About His Death In Rolling Stone, She Felt A Connection, As She Had Just Come Off Two Years On The Road Where "There's Nothing Constant But Everything Becomes The Same."
On The Same Storytellers Show, Mclachlan Said That This Song Only Took A Few Hours To Write, Stating It Was A "Very Easy Labor."
This Was Used In The 1998 Movie City Of Angels During A Pivotal Scene. Mclachlan Said This Was The Best Use Of Any Of Her Songs In A Tv Series Or Movie.