The A Team

Lately, I'm just into this song. It is titled - The A Team. The original singer is Ed Sheeran, but personally I love the cover by Lucy Spraggan. The lyric is catchy for me, original, and not boring : )

The different point of view create different messages from both versions.
The original version simply tells about a prostitute's life struggled so much that she resorted to selling her body to earn money. She might not love it, but it provided an income in general for the young woman. Later on, the pain became too much for her to bear and she just wanted to end it all. She traded in her "dirty" money for drugs.
The cover version tells us about a friendless rich man who falls in love with the girl.

So, these are the lyrics:

The A Team (Original Version)  

Ed Sheeran

White lips, pale face -> she's not healthy
Breathing in snowflakes
Burnt lungs, sour taste
Light's gone, day's end
Struggling to pay rent -> NO HOME
Long nights, strange men

And they say
She's in the Class A Team -> refers to a drug; cocaine or heroine   
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since eighteen -> think about this: she's now probably around 28 y.o.
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting -> this tells us that she's tired of life
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
The worst things in life come free to us
Cause we're just under the upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams -> consume a couple grams of cocaine
And she don't want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland -> under drug's effects
Or sells love to another man -> sadly, she does prostitution : (
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
Angels to fly

Ripped gloves, raincoat
Tried to swim and stay afloat -> she tried to stay alive in those hard situations
Dry house, wet clothes
Loose change, bank notes -> she's got no money
Weary-eyed, dry throat -> she's tired, really tired of economical problems and her needs
Call girl, no phone

And they say
She's in the Class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since eighteen
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
The worst things in life come free to us
Cause we're just under the upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams
And she don't want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
Or sells love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
An angel will die
Covered in white
Closed eye -> she can do nothing now
And hoping for a better life -> all she can do is hoping
This time, we'll fade out tonight
Straight down the line

And they say
She's in the Class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since eighteen
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
They scream
The worst things in life come free to us
And we're all under the upper hand
Go mad for a couple grams
And we don't want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe we fly to the Motherland
Or sell love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
Angels to fly
To fly, fly
For angels to fly, to fly, to fly
Or angels to die -> she has to fight or die...

The A Team (Cover Version)

Lucy Spraggan

Big man, big spend -> he is quite successful financially
Works hard, days end
Nice car, no friends -> he is a loner

Sun down, Clean shirt
New night, Same curb
One girl, That's her -> he met a girl; the prostitute

They say she's in the class A-team
She says to him please save me
But her mind changes daily
He said baby, I could be your safety -> the man offered protection to the girl
And you could be my lady -> even more he asked her to be his lady
And I've been thinking lately
The best things in life will come free to us

'Cause we're all under the upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams
You don't want to go outside, tonight

Cause in my car we can drive to another land
When, I can know I'm you're only man
It's too cold outside for my angel to fly

Window down, Lean in
Warm air, Breathing
Locks up, Speaking -> the girl is in the man's house; under his protection as he promised

She smiles, He blinks
Times up, Heart sinks
'Come home?', He thinks

One kiss, One wish
No life like this -> this life probably much better to the woman
Don't go, be his -> the woman was uncertain about what she was experiencing

They say she's in the class A-team
She says to him please save me
But her mind changes daily
He said baby, I could be your safety
And you could be my lady
And I've been thinking lately
The best things in life will come free to us

'Cause we're all under the upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams
And you don't want to go outside, tonight

Cause in my car we can drive to another land
AND I can know I'm you're only man -> the man knows that the woman has no one outside his house
It's too cold outside for my angel to fly

My angel to fly 

 So, my conclusion from both versions is:

" Life is tough to people who are not tough enough on themselves. So, don't give up on life easily! There's a lot of things we can fight for. Unfortunately, most of us haven't realized them yet.They haven't found their passion and vision. So, they waste their time. Worst, their future. "