"Angel"

isasongbyCanadiansinger-songwriter

SarahMcLachlan

abouttheheroinoverdosedeathofJonathanMelvoin(1961-1996),theSmashingPumpkinstouringkeyboardplayer,asMcLachlanexplainedonVH1Storytellers.Thesongfirstappearedon

Surfacing,theCanadiansinger's1997album.McLachlan

saidthatthesongisabout"tryingnottotakeresponsibilityforotherpeople'sproblemsandtryingtoloveyourselfatthesametime".Thesonghashadenduringpopularity.Itisoftenusedtohighlightemotionalscenesontelevisionshows,andhasbeenfeaturedinanumberofsoundtracks(includingthefilm

CityofAngels

andTV's

Alias,

AstheWorldTurns,

ColdCase,

Dawson'sCreek,

EarlyEdition,

Felicity,

GeneralHospital,

Providence,

StrongMedicine,and

ThePretender).Inaddition,itisalsousedasasongofcomfortandhealing,mostoftenfollowingtragiceventssuchasthedeathonDiana,PrincessofWalesinAugust1997,theApril1999ColumbineHighSchoolmassacreandtheSeptember11,2001attacks.《天使》是加拿大天才女歌手莎拉·麥克拉克蘭最膾炙人口的作品之一。該曲因成為電影《天使之城》的主題曲而廣為流傳，歌曲與劇情完美融合——當為與心愛的凡人女醫生（梅格.瑞恩）廝守一生而放棄永生的天使（尼古拉斯·凱奇）縱身一跳，當心愛之人遭遇事故在天使懷中離開塵世……空靈的歌聲、哀傷的曲調令人不禁淚目……這首歌曲已成為很多紀念日和人們紀念親人的療愈曲。Angel,Sarah

McLachlan

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SurfacingAngelSpendallyourtimewaitingForthatsecondchanceForabreakthatwouldmakeitokayThere'salwayssomereasonTofeelnotgoodenoughAndit'shardattheendofthedayIneedsomedistractionOhbeautifulreleaseMemoriesseepfrommyveinsLetmebeemptyOhandweightlessandmaybeI'llfindsomepeacetonight

InthearmsoftheAngelFlyawayfromhereFromthisdarkcoldhotelroomAndtheendlessnessthatyoufearYouarepulledfromthewreckageOfyoursilentreverieYou'reinthearmsoftheAngelMayyoufindsomecomforthereSotiredofthestraightlineAndeverywhereyouturnThere'svulturesandthievesatyourbackAndthestormkeepsontwistingYoukeeponbuildingtheliesThatyoumakeupforallthatyoulackItdon'tmakenodifferenceEscapingonelasttimeIt'seasiertobelieveinthissweetmadnessohThisglorioussadnessthatbringsmetomyknees

InthearmsoftheangelFlyawayfromhereFromthisdarkcoldhotelroomAndtheendlessnessthatyoufearYouarepulledfromthewreckageOfyoursilentreverieYou