| Ed Sheeran – Give Me Love Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I couldn't figure out why this song was so hurtful and beautiful for me all at once. This is exactly what is going on with me.... I think you have to love yourself before you can let go..... This is the "end game" if you will..... A-team... then Drunk.... then Lego House..... then Drunk again.... then Lego House again.... then Give me Love. | |
| Ed Sheeran – Lego House Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I don't think this song is about a romantic relationship, friendship, or internal struggle. It's about all of them at once. Sometimes the "weakest" parts of us/the other person are also the most important, and learning how to love those parts is necessary but can take retrospect and time.... they make us who we are. Additionally, IMO this is not one person (or part of a person) singing, but 2 "parts" at once with certain lines relating to 1 or the other, as a struggle by definition is never 1 sided. I've include a personal example of my own below... and could just have easily written similar comments about my own struggle internally. As much as I comment on myself, it is becuase I cannot speak from her side, and the entire song is a testament to her patience and internal beauty, and how much we now care about each other because of this. It's about her. I met my girlfriend "in a cold December" where she just wanted me to keep her warm after a breakup. Little did she know was I going through a battle inside as well, with heavy drinking being the easiest out, but drinking was not the problem. It was internal pain and anxiety. Fortunately she stuck with me through this, and I think we both love each other more now because of the struggle we both went through and still are. “I'm gonna pick up the pieces, And build a Lego house When things go wrong we can knock it down” (ME) After rehab I was not totally myself, and exploring a new world after being “exposed”. Being a perfectionist and engineer I always figured there was an "equation" to fix me. The anxiety of not being able to build the lego house perfectly on the first attempt would have been too much. Having a calming person with me to let me know that it was not a quick fix and wouldn’t be easy, made it easier to fight through failure “My three words have two meanings, There's one thing on my mind, it's all for you” I love you = you love I (me) “And it's dark (started) in a cold December, but I've got ya to keep me warm And if you're broken I'll mend ya And keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on now” The quickened pace refers to a flashback (in this case my GF) she just wanted a warm body after her most recent break up (in a December). It turns out we were more than that, but at the same time I was broken and a burden. I hide at her apartment from the world for 2 months, but she never fed my anxiety and still can’t explain why she wanted to help me. She let me take myself to the “bottom” where a stubborn person like me could only be fixed. She calmed the raging anxiety (storm) within. “I'm out of touch, I'm out of love I'll pick you up when you're getting down And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now” *after rehab (HER now) I don’t understand this, I’m breaking down too (you’re not where I expected) but I’m still here to calm the storm and comfort the pain. *2 options; or both 1. I’ve done so much for you, and aside from whether you appreciate it, I know I’m a good person 2. This has been so hard, but I knew I saw something in the darkness. He makes you who you are and I love both the new and old you. "I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind I'll do it all for you in time And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now" Ditto….. I knew this person was there and he was worth the effort…. Ditto also means the other person is saying it now too “I'm gonna paint you by numbers and color you in If things go right we can frame it, and put you on a wall” (HER) Back to the original problem, as much as a perfectionist I know he is, I thought I could change his mind with my “equation” because something was flawed with his. Mine will fix him for sure, and I get both parts of him. "And it's so hard to say it but I've been “STUCK AT 4” And I'll surrender up my heart and swap it for yours" OK, I admit this isn’t what I was expecting….my last shot is to put my pride aside…. I need to look from your eyes. “Maybe you entered your darkness because of your light” “I'm out of touch, I'm out of love I'll pick you up when you're getting down And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now” Beat picks up here… happiness shows itself. “I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind, I'll do it all for you in time And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now” same "Don't hold me down, I think my braces are breaking and it's more than I can take" one word…. FUCK “And if it's dark in a cold December, but I've got ya to keep me warm And if you're broken I'll mend ya And keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on now” fairly self-explanatory…. peace |
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