“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
One day when I came home at lunch time
I heard a funny noise
Went out to the backyard to find out
If it was one of those rowdy boys
Stood there with my neighbor called Peter
And a Flux Capacitor
He told me he built a time machine
Like one in a film I've seen, yeah
He said
"I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great-granddaughter
Is doing fine"
(Doing fine)
He took me to the future in the flux thing
And I saw everything
Boy bands, and another one, and another one
And another one
And girls there with round hair like Star Wars
Float above the floor
We drove around in a time machine
Like one in a film I've seen, yeah (ohh)
He said
"I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great-granddaughter
Is doing fine"
(Doing fine)
I took a trip to the year 3000
This song had gone multi-platinum
Everybody bought our seventh album
It had outsold Kelly Clarkson
I took a trip to the year 3000
This song had gone multi-platinum
Everybody bought our seventh album (seventh album, seventh album)
He told me he built a time machine
Like one in a film I've seen, yeah
I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great-granddaughter
Is doing fine
Doing fine (whoa)
He said
"I've been to the year 3000" (yeah, babe)
"Not much has changed, but they lived underwater" (oh-ohh, yea-yeah)
"And your great-great-great-granddaughter" (granddaughter)
"Is doing fine" (doing fine, yeah, doing fine)
He said
"I've been to the year 3000"
"Not much has changed" (not much)
"But they lived underwater" (water, yeah)
"And your great-great-great-granddaughter, is doing fine"
(Doing fine)
He said
"I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great-granddaughter
Is doing fine"
(Doing fine)
I heard a funny noise
Went out to the backyard to find out
If it was one of those rowdy boys
Stood there with my neighbor called Peter
And a Flux Capacitor
He told me he built a time machine
Like one in a film I've seen, yeah
He said
"I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great-granddaughter
Is doing fine"
(Doing fine)
He took me to the future in the flux thing
And I saw everything
Boy bands, and another one, and another one
And another one
And girls there with round hair like Star Wars
Float above the floor
We drove around in a time machine
Like one in a film I've seen, yeah (ohh)
He said
"I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great-granddaughter
Is doing fine"
(Doing fine)
I took a trip to the year 3000
This song had gone multi-platinum
Everybody bought our seventh album
It had outsold Kelly Clarkson
I took a trip to the year 3000
This song had gone multi-platinum
Everybody bought our seventh album (seventh album, seventh album)
He told me he built a time machine
Like one in a film I've seen, yeah
I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great-granddaughter
Is doing fine
Doing fine (whoa)
He said
"I've been to the year 3000" (yeah, babe)
"Not much has changed, but they lived underwater" (oh-ohh, yea-yeah)
"And your great-great-great-granddaughter" (granddaughter)
"Is doing fine" (doing fine, yeah, doing fine)
He said
"I've been to the year 3000"
"Not much has changed" (not much)
"But they lived underwater" (water, yeah)
"And your great-great-great-granddaughter, is doing fine"
(Doing fine)
He said
"I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great-granddaughter
Is doing fine"
(Doing fine)
Lyrics submitted by musicgal310
Year 3000 Lyrics as written by Stephen Robson Thomas Fletcher
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Whoever thinks busteds verion is "perverted" are utter PRUDES. I mean the only lyrics that the Jonas brothers changed were mainly the bit about the tripple breasted women swimming around town naked... err thats not bad at all... and the changes the jonas brothers made are so unsubtle, you can totally tell when they sing which lyrics sound totally out of place. Also what is WRONG with saying your great great great granddaughter is "pretty fine"? yeah sure it might be a bit pedo to say that but this song isnt supposed to be serious really is it? and saying who wrote the song must have a "sick twisted mind" o dear... how old are you? like 10? that the normal age for jonas brothers fans right? cause I mean they can't even mention PG 13 stuff in their songs. Im sure life will have so many other shockers to throw at you so if u cant handle the relatively tame busteds version of year 3000, I seriously pity you and encourage you to grow the fuck up. I also agree with that the jonas brothers should write their own stuff... and a lot of you seem to be under the impression that the Jonas brothers write all their own stuff... news flash.. they dont. fair enought hey may write SOME of their songs but they've even said themselves that they only wrote a few of their songs and got with some writers to write others.... so dont be in shock when you find out a song your listening to is not a JONAS BROTHERS ORIGINAL.