“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.
I feel the basements pounding
Down in Desmond’s Hip City
Playing all the favorites again
I feel the trains roll slowly
Over Desmond’s Hip City
Floating through the market again
And while the marketplace was full
I’d be drawn to my window
Feeling rhythms undertow
I’d be dragged down below
I feel the backbeat dragging
Down in Desmond’s Hip City
Playing all the favorites again
I feel the basements pounding
Down in Desmond’s Hip City
Floating through the market again
And all the drifters seemed to know
What was safe and where to go
Feeling Desmond’s undertow
Down on Brixton High Road
I feel the backbeat dragging
Down in Desmond’s Hip City
Playing all the favorites again
Playing all the favorites again
Playing all the favorites again
Playing all the favorites again
Down in Desmond’s Hip City
Playing all the favorites again
I feel the trains roll slowly
Over Desmond’s Hip City
Floating through the market again
And while the marketplace was full
I’d be drawn to my window
Feeling rhythms undertow
I’d be dragged down below
I feel the backbeat dragging
Down in Desmond’s Hip City
Playing all the favorites again
I feel the basements pounding
Down in Desmond’s Hip City
Floating through the market again
And all the drifters seemed to know
What was safe and where to go
Feeling Desmond’s undertow
Down on Brixton High Road
I feel the backbeat dragging
Down in Desmond’s Hip City
Playing all the favorites again
Playing all the favorites again
Playing all the favorites again
Playing all the favorites again
Lyrics submitted by rpn453
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