Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Let 'em eat you till you're bleeding
Only let them see you scar
Violated, penetrated
Pushing your head under
Take one pill to make you sane
Another one to take your like
One you never take
One will break you down
Suffocating all for nothing
Suffocating all the same
Suffocating like you want to
Like you want to like you want to
Suffocate
Contemplating dirty play thing
Looking through a blind man's eye
What I'm born to, needle torn through
Now the hole is gaping
I will always be insane
Say a prayer for me tonight
Standing in your way
Let it break you down
Suffocating all for nothing
Suffocating all the same
Suffocating like you want to
Like you want to like you want to
Suffocate
The first time is make believe
The last stone is cast for me
You can't tell me what I am
I won't take the master plan
When you prostitute yourself
Hands reach but no one helps
Mouth open you can't breath
The last one to fall is standing
Take you with me while your heart just fades to gray
Stop your shaking, all the time you're wasting
Suffocating all for nothing
Suffocating all the same
Suffocating like you want to
Like you want to like you want to
Suffocate
Only let them see you scar
Violated, penetrated
Pushing your head under
Take one pill to make you sane
Another one to take your like
One you never take
One will break you down
Suffocating all for nothing
Suffocating all the same
Suffocating like you want to
Like you want to like you want to
Suffocate
Contemplating dirty play thing
Looking through a blind man's eye
What I'm born to, needle torn through
Now the hole is gaping
I will always be insane
Say a prayer for me tonight
Standing in your way
Let it break you down
Suffocating all for nothing
Suffocating all the same
Suffocating like you want to
Like you want to like you want to
Suffocate
The first time is make believe
The last stone is cast for me
You can't tell me what I am
I won't take the master plan
When you prostitute yourself
Hands reach but no one helps
Mouth open you can't breath
The last one to fall is standing
Take you with me while your heart just fades to gray
Stop your shaking, all the time you're wasting
Suffocating all for nothing
Suffocating all the same
Suffocating like you want to
Like you want to like you want to
Suffocate
Lyrics submitted by ToxicFool
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