Saya dengar lagu ini sekitar semester 3 saat kuliah. Jadi itu malam hari, saya ada di kost teman. Kepentingannya, main game Championship Manager. Haha..

Ada tantangan begadang dari kawan saya. Kebetulan paginya saya ga ada kuliah, jadi saya iya-in aja.

Sekitar jam 12 an lebih (malam), tiba-tiba lagu ini muncul di radio. Ada anak kost lain yang nyetel radio kenceng bener. Gajah Mada FM. Ya. Saya di Semarang saat itu.

Tanpa tahu judul dan siapa yang nyanyi, saya langsung suka dengan lagu ini.

Esok siangnya, saat saya kembali ke kost-an, saya ingat lagi lagu ini. Tapi tidak bisa menemukannya. Dan saya pun kemudian lupa. Fokus lagi dengan kuliah.

Setelah mulai kerja, saya baru ketemu lagi dengan lagu ini. Itu-pun lewat blog dari Brian Gardner. Ternyata yang nyanyi Sarah McLachlan.

Lirik Lagu Angel – Sarah McLachlan

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

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

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

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