This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
You look away, you're speaking with your back turned.
Summer's gone and it left me with a sunburn
Whatever happened to our afternoons?
Just assumed that you lost me like a left turn
I spent my childhood lookin at the stage
Waiting for the day it would be me and I could say
“Slow down…”
That's my philosophy
I get by
Making the best of what was mine
If you think this could be what you want
Then you just gotta try
You won't mind
Playing a victim of the time
‘Cuz I swear it's getting better yeah
That's my philosophy
It could be over in a moment
The curtain falls before you know it
Looking forward towards the next scene
Remember back when we were young and still above?
We're falling in and out of love and then again before the bell rings
If you take a trip through my mind
Who knows just what you'll find
Stop dead in your tracks from her eyes
Then put it all together
That's my philosophy
I get by
Making the best of what was mine
If you think this could be what you want
Then you just gotta try
You won't mind
Playing a victim of the time
‘Cuz I swear it's getting better yeah
That's my philosophy
Remember the look upon her face
Remember the way she loved the chase
If we ever go back there someday
I'd never, ever, let her get away
It's drinking away the summer days
A moment in time we can't replace
I won't let my life go to waste
That's my philosophy
I get by
Making the best of what was mine
If you think this could be what you want
Then you just gotta try
You won't mind
Playing a victim of the time
‘Cuz I swear it's getting better yeah
I get by
Making the best of what was mine
If you think this could be what you want
Then you just gotta try
You won't mind
Playing a victim of the time
‘Cuz I swear it's getting better yeah
whoa, whoa
That's my philosophy
Summer's gone and it left me with a sunburn
Whatever happened to our afternoons?
Just assumed that you lost me like a left turn
I spent my childhood lookin at the stage
Waiting for the day it would be me and I could say
“Slow down…”
That's my philosophy
I get by
Making the best of what was mine
If you think this could be what you want
Then you just gotta try
You won't mind
Playing a victim of the time
‘Cuz I swear it's getting better yeah
That's my philosophy
It could be over in a moment
The curtain falls before you know it
Looking forward towards the next scene
Remember back when we were young and still above?
We're falling in and out of love and then again before the bell rings
If you take a trip through my mind
Who knows just what you'll find
Stop dead in your tracks from her eyes
Then put it all together
That's my philosophy
I get by
Making the best of what was mine
If you think this could be what you want
Then you just gotta try
You won't mind
Playing a victim of the time
‘Cuz I swear it's getting better yeah
That's my philosophy
Remember the look upon her face
Remember the way she loved the chase
If we ever go back there someday
I'd never, ever, let her get away
It's drinking away the summer days
A moment in time we can't replace
I won't let my life go to waste
That's my philosophy
I get by
Making the best of what was mine
If you think this could be what you want
Then you just gotta try
You won't mind
Playing a victim of the time
‘Cuz I swear it's getting better yeah
I get by
Making the best of what was mine
If you think this could be what you want
Then you just gotta try
You won't mind
Playing a victim of the time
‘Cuz I swear it's getting better yeah
whoa, whoa
That's my philosophy
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“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
This part: "If you take a trip through my mind, Who knows just what you’ll find."
Reminds me of part of "Puffy Little Shoes" by the Presidents of the United States of America: "Take a ride inside my eye And this is what you will likely find."