“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.
Here we are bending feet
In the dark before dreamless sleep
Cloaks that spot, that shiver, that breeze
Throws you in the dark
Happiness it won't last long
And this child behind stores it all
The failed man's curse and the cost
Of noncholance
Thank you sly watchful gene
A plastic life up my sleeve
If you've followed this far you've realised nothing
Now your world is here
Watch it disappear
Abacus haunting me
Abacus watching me
And it all plays out
And it always comes around
The message fades but the mess prevails
You reckless thing leaving you in our hands
Abacus haunting me
Abacus watching me
All we have is this chance called memory
In the dark before dreamless sleep
Cloaks that spot, that shiver, that breeze
Throws you in the dark
Happiness it won't last long
And this child behind stores it all
The failed man's curse and the cost
Of noncholance
Thank you sly watchful gene
A plastic life up my sleeve
If you've followed this far you've realised nothing
Now your world is here
Watch it disappear
Abacus haunting me
Abacus watching me
And it all plays out
And it always comes around
The message fades but the mess prevails
You reckless thing leaving you in our hands
Abacus haunting me
Abacus watching me
All we have is this chance called memory
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Here we are, bending feet In the dark before dreamless sleep Cloaks that spot, that shiver, that breeze Throws you in the dark
Happiness it won't last long And this child behind stores it all The failed man's curse and the cost Of nonchalance
Thank you sly watchful gene A plastic life up my sleeve If you've followed this far you've realized nothing
Now your world is here Watch it disappear
Abacus haunting me Abacus watching me Abacus haunting me Abacus watching me
And it all plays out And it always comes around The message fades but the mess prevails You reckless thing leaving you in our hands
Abacus haunting me Abacus watching me Abacus haunting me Abacus watching me
All we have is this chance called memory [repeat 4x]