Whether or not you believe in angels, as the song is playing you’re thinking, is this guy scamming me? Does he really need the help? What if somebody is paying attention to what is going on in my heart? Maybe it’s just you watching yourself. As far as the rest of the song goes… domestic abuse, do you make it your business? A lot of people would be like stay out of it, but sometimes people need help. The part I really really gets me about the song is the little girl with cancer. It just comes out of nowhere and you just try to imagine a parent watching their child dying.’ It stabs you right in the chest. You’re like, ‘what if? What if you were the dad and you felt so helpless?’ The song touches on some very complex issues , but told very simply and without being preachy. It doesn`t tell you what you should be doing. It`s just questions that you ask yourself. If someone is watching, it`s the last person you`d expect. I don’t think Bryan (Wayne) wasted any words.
THERE’S A MAN STANDIN’ ON THE CORNER
WITH A SIGN SAYIN’ “WILL WORK FOR FOOD”
YOU KNOW THE MAN YOU SEE HIM EVERY MORNIN’
THE ONE YOU NEVER GIVE YOU MONEY TO
YOU CAN SIT THERE WITH YOUR WINDOW ROLLED UP
WONDERIN’ WHEN THE LIGHT’S GONNA TURN GREEN
NEVER KNOWIN WHAT A COUPLE MORE BUCKS
IN HIS POCKET MIGHT MEAN
Chorus
WHAT IF HE’S AN ANGEL SENT HERE FROM HEAVEN
AND HE’S MAKIN’ CERTAIN THAT YOU’RE DOIN’ YOUR BEST
TO TAKE THE TIME TO HELP ONE ANOTHER
BROTHER ARE YOU GONNA PASS THAT TEST
YOU CAN GO ON WITH YOUR DAY TO DAY
TRYIN’ TO FORGET WHAT YOU SAW IN HIS FACE
KNOWIN’ DEEP DOWN YOU COULD’VE BEEN HIS SAVING GRACE
WHAT IF HE’S AN ANGEL
THERE’S A MAN AND THERE’S A WOMAN
LIVIN’ RIGHT ABOVE YOU IN APARTMENT G
THERE’S A LOT OF NOISE COMIN’ THROUGH THE CEILIN’
AND IT DON’T SOUND LIKE HARMONY
YOU CAN SIT THERE WITH YOUR TV TURNED UP
WHILE THE WORDS AND HIS ANGER FLY
BUT COME TOMORROW WHEN YOU
SEE HER WITH HER SHADES ON
CAN YOU LOOK HER IN THE EYE
WHAT IF SHE’S AN ANGEL SENT HERE FROM HEAVEN
AND SHE’S MAKIN’ CERTAIN THAT YOU’RE DOIN’ YOUR BEST
TO TAKE THE TIME TO HELP ONE ANOTHER
BROTHER ARE YOU GONNA PASS THAT TEST
YOU CAN GO ON WITH YOUR DAY TO DAY
TRYIN’ TO FORGET WHAT YOU SAW IN HER FACE
KNOWIN’ DEEP DOWN YOU COULD’VE BEEN HER SAVING GRACE
WHAT IF SHE’S AN ANGEL
A LITTLE GIRL ON DADDY’S LAP
HIDIN’ HER DISEASE WITH A BASEBALL CAP
YOU CAN TURN THE CHANNEL MOST PEOPLE DO
BUT WHAT IF YOU WERE SITTIN’ IN HER DADDY’S SHOES
MAYBE SHE’S AN ANGEL SENT HERE FROM HEAVEN
AND SHE’S MAKIN CERTAIN THAT YOU’RE DOING YOUR BEST
TO TAKE THE TIME TO HELP ONE ANOTHER
BROTHER ARE YOU GONNA PASS THAT TEST
YOU CAN GO ON WITH YOUR DAY TO DAY
TRYIN TO FORGET WHAT YOU SAW IN HER FACE
KNOWIN’ DEEP DOWN YOU COULD’VE BEEN HER SAVING GRACE
WHAT IF SHE’S AN ANGEL.
（歌词选自其官网）
这是Tommy Shane Steiner的一首歌。就歌的内容来说，让我想起了Phil Collins的Another Day in Paradise。