Faith has always been part of humanity. It has given many people hope, strength and peace to battle the hardships they have endured in their lives. The lyrics, in the ballad Angel, dramatically express how the composer has triumphed over pain and sorrow because of his never-ending faith in God. He expresses his enlightenment in this song by exquisite use of symbolism, form, theme and diction.
             Symbolism in Williams' Angel is the single-most crucial device in this ballad. Throughout this entire piece, Williams' continuously referrers to angels. This is because angels are saviors and messengers of God; the repeating phrase "I'm loving angels instead" alludes to Williams' optimistic look upon grief and pain. Instead of dwelling on thoughts of suffering and sorrow, thinking of a higher power can overpower negative thinking to bring one to a happier state of mind. Williams' also questions the after-life in the first stanza, by using angels as a symbol. He questions if angels know "the places where we go, when we're grey and old"; thus, angels also symbolize hope in this poem, by giving insight on what might happen after death.
             When Williams' ballad invokes life as going "down the waterfall", he is regarding to the future; moreover, whatever path a person may choose to go God will always be watching over with forgiving eyes. They do not have to worry about failure, because the Lord sees no immorality when a person believes in faith.
             Without faith in anything, life can be unbearable. The emphasis of the phrase "life won't break me" symbolizes that faith creates optimism and passion to guide a person to continue living life to the fullest, regardless of how bad a situation may be.
             In stanza three, Williams describes how his suffering "walks down a one-way street". This symbolizes how there is no turning back on what ever issue may be present. In a ...