ed sheeran ÷ lyric starters
as usual, pronouns etc can be adjusted and lines can be mixed as needed.
tw for death, drug / alcohol mention.
❛ I was born inside a small town. ❜
❛ I lost that state of mind. ❜
❛ So blame it on the pain that blessed me with the life. ❜
❛ And when the world’s against me, is when I really come alive. ❜
❛ And every day that Satan tempts me, I try to take it in my stride. ❜
❛ You know that I’ve got whisky with white lies, and smoke in my lungs. ❜
❛ I’m well aware of certain things that can destroy a man like me. ❜
❛ But with that said give me one more. ❜
❛ I need another one to take the sting away. ❜
❛ I am happy on my own so here I’ll stay. ❜
❛ Save your loving arms for a rainy day. ❜
❛ And I’ll find comfort in my pain eraser. ❜
❛ I used to think that nothing could be better than touring the world with my songs. ❜
❛ I chased the picture perfect life, I think they painted it wrong. ❜
❛ I’m well aware of certain things that will befall a man like me. ❜
❛ When I was six years old I broke my leg. ❜
❛ Take me back to when I found my heart and broke it here. ❜
❛ I made friends and lost them through the years. ❜
❛ I know I’ve grown, but I can’t wait to go home. ❜
❛ And I miss the way you make me feel. ❜
❛ And it was real when we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill. ❜
❛ I had my first kiss on a Friday night. ❜
❛ I don’t reckon that I did it right. ❜
❛ I was younger then so take me back to then. ❜
❛ But I can’t wait to go home. ❜
❛ Maybe I came on too strong. ❜
❛ Maybe I waited too long. ❜
❛ Maybe I played my cards wrong, oh just a little bit wrong. ❜
❛ Baby, I apologise for it. ❜
❛ I could fall or I could fly. ❜
❛ And I could live, I could die, hanging on the words you say. ❜
❛ I’ve been known to give my all. ❜
❛ So don’t call me baby unless you mean it. ❜
❛ And don’t tell me you need me if you don’t believe it. ❜
❛ So let me know the truth before I dive right into you. ❜
❛ I have travelled the world, and there’s no other girl like you, no one. ❜
❛ Do you have a tendency to lead some people on? ❜
❛ Do you have a tendency to lead some people on? Cause I heard you do. ❜
❛ Sitting back, looking at every mess that I made. ❜
❛ The club isn’t the best place to find a lover so the bar is where I go. ❜
❛ We’re drinking fast and then we talk slow. ❜
❛ And trust me I’ll give it a chance now. ❜
❛ Girl, you know I want your love. ❜
❛ Your love was handmade for somebody like me. ❜
❛ Come on now, follow my lead. ❜
❛ I may be crazy, don’t mind me. ❜
❛ Boy, let’s not talk too much. ❜
❛ Grab on my waist and put that body on me. ❜
❛ We push and pull like magnets do. ❜
❛ Although my heart is falling too, I’m in love with your body. ❜
❛ We talk for hours and hours about the sweet and the sour. ❜
❛ Your family is doing okay. ❜
❛ Every day, discovering something brand new. ❜
❛ I found a love for me. ❜
❛ Darling, just dive right in and follow my lead. ❜
❛ Well, I found a girl, beautiful and sweet. ❜
❛ Oh, I never knew you were the someone waiting for me. ❜
❛ We were just kids when we fell in love. ❜
❛ I will not give you up this time. ❜
❛ Darling, you look perfect tonight. ❜
❛ I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know. ❜
❛ We are still kids but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds. ❜
❛ I know we’ll be alright this time. ❜
❛ I see my future in your eyes. ❜
❛ I have faith in what I see. ❜
❛ Now I know I have met an angel in person. ❜
❛ I don’t deserve this. ❜
❛ You look perfect tonight. ❜
❛ I kissed you on the neck and then I took you by the hand. ❜
❛ Baby, I just want to dance. ❜
❛ What does it mean, the ink on your arm? ❜
❛ You know she beat me at darts and then she beat me at pool. ❜
❛ And then you kissed me like there was nobody else in the room. ❜
❛ We’ve outstayed our welcome and it’s closing time. ❜
❛ I was holding your hand, your hand was holding mine. ❜
❛ I swear I’m going to put you in a song that I write. ❜
❛ I saw that both your smiles were twice as wide as ours. ❜
❛ Ain’t nobody hurt you like I hurt you. ❜
❛ Ain’t nobody love you like I do. ❜
❛ And until then I’ll smile to hide the truth. ❜
❛ Ain’t nobody hurt you like I hurt you, but ain’t nobody need you like I do. ❜
❛ I know that there’s others that deserve you. ❜
❛ My darling, I am still in love with you. ❜
❛ I know that there’s others that deserve you, but my darling, I am still in love with you. ❜
❛ But if he breaks your heart like lovers do… ❜
❛ Just know that I’ll be waiting here for you. ❜
❛ I heard he spent five hundred pounds on jeans. ❜
❛ He goes to the gym at least six times a week and he wears boat shoes with no socks on his feet. ❜
❛ But I heard he makes you happy so that’s fine by me. ❜
❛ I’m just keeping it real. ❜
❛ Let me remind you of the days when you used to hold my hand. ❜
❛ I know you’re missing all this kind of love. ❜
❛ You were the type of girl that sat beside the water reading. ❜
❛ Ok you need to be alone. ❜
❛ And if you wanna talk about it you can call my phone. ❜
❛ I’m not trying to ruin your week, but you act so differently. ❜
❛ Please, remember you’re still free, to make the choice and leave. ❜
❛ I don’t wanna know about your new man. ❜
Hearts Don’t Break Around Here
❛ She is the sweetest thing that I know. ❜
❛ You are the sweetest thing that I know. ❜
❛ She took my heart upon a one way trip, guess she went wandering off with it. ❜
❛ Unlike most women I know, you’ll bring my heart back whole. ❜
❛ Oh we’re in love aren’t we? ❜
❛ I feel safe when you’re holding me near. ❜
❛ You know hearts don’t break around here. ❜
❛ I love the way that you conquer your fear. ❜
❛ She is the lighthouse in the night that will safely guide me home. ❜
❛ You’re the lighthouse in the night that will safely guide me home. ❜
❛ Don’t you get involved in politics, religions, other peoples’ quarrels. ❜
❛ I’ll paint the picture, let me set the scene. ❜
❛ And I’ll pass on these things my family’s given to me, just love and understanding, positivity. ❜
❛ Love could change the world in a moment, but what do I know? ❜
❛ Love can change the world in a moment. ❜
❛ The revolution’s coming, it’s a minute away. ❜
❛ You know we are made up of love and hate, but both of them are balanced on a razor blade. ❜
❛ I know, I’m all for people following their dreams. ❜
❛ You know the future’s in the hands of you and me. ❜
❛ So let’s all get together, we can all be free. ❜
How Would You Feel (Paean)
❛ You are the one girl and you know that it’s true. ❜
❛ I’m feeling younger every time that I’m alone with you. ❜
❛ We got questions we should not ask but… ❜
❛ How would you feel, if I told you I loved you? ❜
❛ It’s just something that I want to do. ❜
❛ I’ll be taking my time, spending my life falling deeper in love with you. ❜
❛ Tell me that you love me too. ❜
❛ Memories of a life that’s been loved. ❜
❛ Don’t you cry when you’re down. ❜
❛ But there’s a tear every time that I blink. ❜
❛ I’m in pieces. It’s tearing me up but I know a heart that’s broke is a heart that’s been loved. ❜
❛ You are an angel in the shape of my _____. ❜
❛ I hope that I see the world as you did ‘cause I know a life with love is a life that’s been lived. ❜
❛ Well get up up on the dancefloor tonight. ❜
❛ I’ve got two left feet and a bottle of red wine. ❜
❛ I don’t care what the DJ chooses. ❜
❛ We’re going somewhere where the sun is shining bright. ❜
❛ Just close your eyes, and let’s pretend we’re dancing in the street. ❜
❛ Well get up up on the dancefloor, move, it’s a Saturday night. ❜
❛ I fell in love with the sparkle in the moonlight reflected in your beautiful eyes. ❜
❛ I guess that is destiny doing it right. ❜
❛ Spin you around me again and again and again. ❜
❛ You’re like something that God has sent me. ❜
❛ So let’s pretend we’re dancing in the street in Barcelona. ❜
❛ I lost my shoes last night. ❜
❛ I don’t know where I put my keys. ❜
❛ I bet my mother’s proud of me from each scar upon my knuckle and each graze upon my knee. ❜
❛ I tell myself in every way I won’t be doing this again. ❜
❛ I am only being honest with you, I get lonely and make mistakes from time to time. ❜
❛ I remember less and less, and mostly things that I regret. ❜
❛ My heart is breaking at the seams and I’m coming apart now. ❜
❛ And I am only being honest with you, I get lonely. ❜
❛ I make mistakes from time to time. ❜
❛ I was twenty four years old when I met the woman I would call my own. ❜
❛ And I asked her father but her daddy said, “No, you can’t marry my daughter” ❜
❛ I’m gonna marry the woman I love. ❜
❛ Never had I seen such beauty before. ❜
❛ The moment that I saw her, ____ was my yellow rose. ❜
❛ You know, _____, I adore ya. ❜
❛ I never worried about the king and crown. ❜
❛ I found my heart upon the southern ground. ❜
❛ I gave all my oxygen to people that could breathe. ❜
❛ They gave me the heartache and in return I gave a song … it goes on and on. ❜
❛ Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels. ❜
❛ I drown it with a drink and out of date prescription pills. ❜
❛ Human beings are destined to radiate or drain. ❜
❛ I’m here again, between the devil and the danger. ❜
❛ I guess it’s just my nature. ❜
❛ So before I save someone else, I’ve got to save myself. ❜
❛ Before I blame someone else, I’ve got to save myself. ❜
❛ Before I love someone else, I’ve got to love myself. ❜