Released: November 24, 1998
Songwriter: Sarah McLachlan
Producer: Pierre Marchand
[Verse 1]
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
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
Oh, and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lie
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
[Chorus]
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
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
Oh, and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lie
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
[Chorus]
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
more tracks from the album
Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan
- I Will Remember You
- Into the Fire
- Vox
- Fallen
- Stupid
- The Path of Thorns (Terms)
- Hold On
- Good Enough
- Building a Mystery
- Sweet Surrender
- Adia
- U Want Me 2 (Radio Mix)
- Don’t Give Up on Us
- Mercy
- Possession
- Angel
- Ice Cream
- World on Fire
- Drawn to the Rhythm
- Push
- I Will Remember You (Live)
- U Want Me 2
- Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- Ben’s Song
- Steaming
- World On Fire (Radio Mix)
From the albums
- Surfacing (1997)
- City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture (1998)
- Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan (2008)
- Always & Forever (2012)
- 101 Voices (2012)
- American Heartland (2012)
- The Essential Sarah McLachlan (2013)
- The Greatest Singer-Songwriter Classics (2015)
- 101 Greatest Ballads (2016)
- Divas (2016)
Sarah McLachlan popular songs
- Angel
- Angel (Acoustic)
- When She Loved Me
- I Will Remember You
- Building a Mystery
- Adia
- Sweet Surrender
- Possession
- Fallen
- World on Fire
- Prayer of Saint Francis (Traditional)
- Prayer of St. Francis
- Answer
- I Love You
- Out of the Shadows
- Push (Live)
- What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
- Unchained Melody
- Train Wreck
- Fear
- I Will Not Forget You
- U Want Me 2
- Find Your Voice
- Perfect Girl