The song “The A Team”, written by Ed Sheeran, tells the story of a woman addicted to cocaine, now better known as “crack”. Which is an addictive drug for most users and is also a very expensive street drug. The phrase "she is part of the class a team" means cocaine which is a class of drug. The music video shows us this beautiful party girl who is forced to do drugs. As we slowly approach the middle of the video his appearance begins to change. The video still shows us this shy girl but now she is in bed with a strange man. Now she is ruthless towards this drug and will do anything for another hit. The song starts fast and keeps the same rhyme throughout the song, then you realize this is a story and its main "Sinking slowly, wasting crumbling like pastries" was a phrase used to describe how his appearance will never be the same again was before, it had two meanings: appearance and feelings, since he could not free himself from this addiction, it also emotionally crushed his spirit. This is a perfect metaphor to give listeners a glimpse into this woman's face. Ed Sheeran says: "The worst things in life come to us for free, we're ahead of the game and we go crazy for a couple of grams." These lines tell us about the violence and dangers women can face when they sell themselves for drugs and this is why prostitutes remain prostitutes. Cocaine is the drug of choice for the girls in “The A Team” The first verse “White lips, pale face breathing snowflakes, burning lungs, sour taste. The lights disappear, the days end, struggling to pay the rent, long nights, strange men” are his white lips and a face breathing in the cocaine he smoked. Her lungs are burned, which gives her a sour feeling. The first line directs the use to prostitution as it says: “Exchange, banknotes is also another line describing how he used the little money he used to satisfy his habits. According to Cornell University every 79% of prostitutes have suffered sexual abuse as a child or spent her entire life there being abused in some other way This song has a parallel structure as it repeats "angles" over and over as well as some metaphors, but that's it create a visual image of the song. Their defense was similes that made the song stand out from other songs made by Ed Sheeran this describes his face after using drugs for so long, the simile helps us visualize the appearance of this woman and makes us feel disgusted by her appearance. The parallel structure "white lips, pale face" gives an additional effect to the song the different linguistic characteristics give the lyrics much more feeling and keep the audience interested. It talks about how men are cruel to angels and women