Music Uncovered: Ed Sheeran

We all know the song by Ed Sheeran called the A Team 

http://youtu.be/cOwsttzkUgs

Yes it's good isn't it? 

But the story behind this song remains unknown to a lot of people. So now I am going to share the story of Angel and the song that was. 

So the first song that was written was called Little Lady which is featured on the number 5 collaborations project EP. The song goes through the details of Angel's Life and the details of the song are quite brutal and descriptive. 

• This song is about a 13 year old girl who is shipped to her Uncle's house in London by her mom so that she can have a higher education. Her life started going down hill fast by Instead, her Uncle gets her addicted to heroin so he can make her become a prostitute in order to make money.
  
  
  Well one night after having sex with yet another strange man, she realizes her jaw has been hurt. So instead of going to the clinic she decides to go to the Whittington(a hospital in London) to have her injury looked at.
•  She's hesitant to do this though because she knows her punter(her pimp) will be angry at her for doing so because then the cops will get involved.
•  She ends up going though because she can't hide what happened to her with make-up. She makes up a lie to tell just in case the doctor's decide not to pretend they don't know what happened.
•  But of course, the nurse gets suspicious and doesn't believe the girl's story, so she called in the police. 
• The lyrics lead the story that " She started freaking out in the room even though the cops assured her he wouldn't let anyone hurt her again. She stays silent, but likes that he's talking to her like she's more than a dirty whore. He gives her a card with his phone # on it before he leaves, begs her to use because if she doesn't there's no way he can help her." 
• She leaves to give her pimp all the money she owes him. But her pimp follows her home and because she's been gone so long, wants to know where she's been. Scared and nervous, drops her bags on the floor. Even though there's a mess, all her pimp sees is the card the cop gave her. He gets angry at her for going to the cops so he murders her and dumps her body in the streets.
  
  
• And the end of the song it tells the story that "Little lady left this earth in the worst way 
  
  all because she got a card on her 13th birthday". 
  
  
  
  
  So the chorus is exactly the same to The A Team. " it's too cold for Angel's to Fly, it's too cold for Angel's to die". 
  
  
  
  

Now it's all starting to make sense right? 

Of course due to the brutality of the song it didn't surface and we didn't hear about it till later on. 

But it is rumoured to of had some Radio Play in Britain.  

This leads to song number two:

Where Ed Sheeran Describes the song The A Team "turning a dark situation into a happy song". 

So it's the same tune as Little Lady. Same chorus as The A Team. But with different words just toned down. 

Now now how did Ed Sheeran meet Angel? 

He had  met  a girl called Angel, whilst volunteering at a Crisis homeless shelter. 

The song became the highest selling debut single on the UK singles charts in the first half of 2011. 

He told The Sun July 15, 2011: "I wrote that song last year in a student flat in Guildford. I recorded it for less than £200 and made the video for under £20. In two weeks we'd sold 200,000 copies. I've made a song about a homeless prostitute who has been able to get on A-list radio."

So now we know the story of the Angel and how Ed and Milli Pain really challenge that. No matter how sad this story is, it's real and both songs so in-depth.