How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Strong man
Shotgun in his hand
Like rainbows
Broken by the glass
Always
You take me back home
And I stumble like a dead man
Runnin on his last breath
Rain rain
And the first time
You play me like a fool
You make me wanna
Rain rain out
Why did you go
All the way inside my head
And take away control
I believed every word you said
But only to find
It was all a lie, baby
I screwed up
Can’t get back to wait on my way
Rain on
Like a bitter, evil kid
The first time
I thought that I was in
Heaven
Heaven
The first time
I thought that I was in
Heaven
Like a shotgun
Blew away my head
That’s what it sounded like
Stumble like a nearly dead man
You make me
Cause I screwed up
Shotgun in his hand
Like rainbows
Broken by the glass
Always
You take me back home
And I stumble like a dead man
Runnin on his last breath
Rain rain
And the first time
You play me like a fool
You make me wanna
Rain rain out
Why did you go
All the way inside my head
And take away control
I believed every word you said
But only to find
It was all a lie, baby
I screwed up
Can’t get back to wait on my way
Rain on
Like a bitter, evil kid
The first time
I thought that I was in
Heaven
Heaven
The first time
I thought that I was in
Heaven
Like a shotgun
Blew away my head
That’s what it sounded like
Stumble like a nearly dead man
You make me
Cause I screwed up
Lyrics submitted by jarrodw805
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