

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 Memories 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 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 angel May you find some comfort here
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 Memories 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 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 angel May you find some comfort here
“Angel” foi lançada como o quarto e último single do álbum *Surfacing* em setembro de 1998, embora a faixa já estivesse presente no disco desde 1997.
A letra da música foi inspirada na morte do músico Jonathan Melvoin, que faleceu em 1996 por overdose de heroína, conforme Sarah McLachlan explicou em sua participação no programa *VH1 Storytellers*.
Nos Estados Unidos, “Angel” se tornou o segundo hit consecutivo de McLachlan a entrar entre os cinco primeiros do Billboard Hot 100, alcançando a quarta posição, e liderou a parada Adult Contemporary por 12 semanas, sendo a canção mais tocada nessa lista em 1999.
No Canadá, terra natal da cantora, a canção chegou ao número sete na parada RPM 100 Hit Tracks e ao número três na categoria Adult Contemporary.
Apesar de seu tema sobre o luto, “Angel” é frequentemente escolhida para tocar em funerais e serviços memorialísticos, devido ao refrão “You’re in the arms of the angel, may you find some comfort here”.
A música manteve relevância internacional anos após seu lançamento, alcançando o número sete nas paradas da Irlanda em 2002 e o número nove na Noruega em 2008.
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