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.
They drew me in my sugar of prescription pills
Bent each other up
Brought me down, undercover
But the truth we found here lies in our fear
Book by book, we poured over
And manuscripts, all out of context
And we found our limbs feel our lips
But the truth we found here lies in our fear
Bom, bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom, bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom bom bom bom, woah
Come on!
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today....
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today...
They drew me on their bedroom
with a colored pen, careful measure
and perfect lines on their paper
But the truth we found here lies in our fear
Bom, bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom, bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom bom bom bom, woah
Come on!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today...
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today....
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today...
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today....
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today...
Bent each other up
Brought me down, undercover
But the truth we found here lies in our fear
Book by book, we poured over
And manuscripts, all out of context
And we found our limbs feel our lips
But the truth we found here lies in our fear
Bom, bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom, bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom bom bom bom, woah
Come on!
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today....
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today...
They drew me on their bedroom
with a colored pen, careful measure
and perfect lines on their paper
But the truth we found here lies in our fear
Bom, bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom, bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom bom bom bom, woah
Bom bom bom bom, woah
Come on!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today...
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today....
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today...
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today....
Oh yeah!
Shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today
We'll leave our cares behind, give all our love away
Let's shout! Let's shout!
And take back our lives today...
Lyrics submitted by rocknrollgirl47
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