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Angel

Release date: 26th January 2024

From MADRA

Track 1

3:19

Rock Music Alternative Indie Rock

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About This Track

'Angel' by NewDad is a 2024 rock track from the album 'MADRA'. The lyrics set up a strained, self-aware contrast between being “sweet” and being unwell, with the speaker describing self-inflicted harm, feeling lost, and worrying they are losing their mind. Against that, an angelic figure reads as stability and recovery, even if closeness comes with pain, culminating in a desire to be like them while keeping emotional distance.

"Angel" is a single by NewDad, from the album MADRA, released 26th January 2024. The track is 3:19 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 16 articles about NewDad.

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Lyrics

Angel

You're sweet, but I'm sick
I hurt myself for kicks
I'm lost but you're found
Both feet firmly on the ground
And I'm so high, but still so low
I think I'm losing my mind
You're an angel
I'm just trying to be like you
Even if it's painful

You can swim around
But I don't
Want you to drown inside me
It's not fair to be your responsibility

You're kind, but I'm not
It seems that I forgot how to care
About anything but my own despair
And you have a good heart
But I'm sure mine's stopped
And it won't restart
I think it's broken
So you can't own it

You can swim around
But I don't
Want you to drown inside me
It's not fair to be your responsibility

You can swim around
But I don't
Want you to drown inside me
It's not fair to be your responsibility

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26th January 2024

Track number

1

Release year

2024

1Angel
3:19
2Sickly Sweet
3:23
3Where I Go
3:45
4Change My Mind
3:50

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