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, 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.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. In her reply, her friend realizes she might have become a housewife "anchored down in Anchorage" but still dreaming about her childhood in Texas with her good friend Michelle, who went on to an exciting life as a musician and a "skateboard punk rocker in New York". 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. Midnight” is a song about finding a love that is so true that it provides a calming feeling through every storm.

As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics. 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.So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. The meaning is pretty obvious; she mailed a letter to an old friend in Texas but found out she'd moved to Alaska.