Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Driving down the streets, listening to the radio
What do I get: ariana
Reading the papers and the news they scream
Haven't you heard: ariana
She rules the business, she's sucha restless genuine juvenile
Everyone knows, wherever she goes
She got chique, she got class, she got style
Arianamaniacs rulr the world, haven't you heard
Arianamania sets the scenes on fire
We're goin' nutz for ariana
We're goin' carazzy forrr herrr
Everything glows, wherever she goes
She got sex from her lips to her toes
All the casanovas, even zombies agree
With the hummingbirds and the beasts from the sea
Ariana's a real sensation
When will she be on the screeeeeen
What do I get: ariana
Reading the papers and the news they scream
Haven't you heard: ariana
She rules the business, she's sucha restless genuine juvenile
Everyone knows, wherever she goes
She got chique, she got class, she got style
Arianamaniacs rulr the world, haven't you heard
Arianamania sets the scenes on fire
We're goin' nutz for ariana
We're goin' carazzy forrr herrr
Everything glows, wherever she goes
She got sex from her lips to her toes
All the casanovas, even zombies agree
With the hummingbirds and the beasts from the sea
Ariana's a real sensation
When will she be on the screeeeeen
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Punchline
Ed Sheeran
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Amazing
Ed Sheeran
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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.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Midnight
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Midnight” is a song about finding a love that is so true that it provides a calming feeling through every storm. Ed Sheeran reflects on his good fortunes in landing someone with such peace and support and speaks of not fearing the dark days because he knows they’ll all end in the safety nets of her arms.
“Well, good morning there / What a way to start the day / With everything laid bare,” Ed Sheeran sings in the first verse, enthusiastic to be waking up beside his woman. He apologizes for missing her calls in the second verse and promises to return them because for him, speaking to her is the most important thing. “Well, I get lost inside my head / In this chaos, you’re my calm / And I will find my feet again / ‘Cause еven the worst days of my life will always еnd / At midnight in your arms,” sings Ed Sheeran in the chorus, revelling in his good luck.
System
Mel And Kim
Mel And Kim
Just listening for the 784,654th time....and it's just perfect in every way. Just incredible. The only reason it was remade was to scoop up a boatload of money from a more modern and accepting audience. But it is a completely different song than the other one that sounds slapped together in a few takes without a thought for the meaning.
This song captivates me still, after 50+ years. Takes me to the deep South and the poverty of some who lived thru truly hard times. And the powerful spirit of a poor young girl being abandoned to her future with only a red dress and her wits to keep her alive.
She not only stayed alive, she turned her hard beginnings around, became self sufficient, successful and someone with respect for herself. She didn't let the naysayers and judgers stop her. She's the one sitting in the drivers seat at the end.
So, not a song about a poor girl, but a song of hope and how you can rise up no matter how far down you started.
There is a huge difference between a singer who simply belts out a song that is on a page in front of them, and someone who can convey an entire experience with their voice. Telling not just a story with words, but taking you inside it and making you feel like you are there, with their interpretation.
Ariana is a crazy love goddess stuck with the peace duty and freaked out because she doesn’t know how to handle the war mongers who seem—despite the words of the song—to be packing so much more grace than she is but then we all know the power of love, don’t we?
She’ll be on the screen when she finally passes Mind Melding 101 but the class is excruciatingly tough even for a head-spinner like her.
By Jack Spicer
The faded blond out beauty Let my tongue cleave to my mouth If I forget you Floating peacefully They asked us to sing a sad song How, motherfucker, can I sing a sad song? Alone? Like the stone they said Osiris was When he came up dancing? Moon. If it were spelled m-u-n-e It would not cause madness Put your feet on the ground Money doesn’t grow on trees.
Armed with dry lightning A cry tears out the voice Spits out the mouth The sound dies away The gods? What gods?! Save your strange laughter For so long now, I have been with you alone I am all right
But above all, Ariana has a heart A heart in the form of a telephone In the form of a telephone wire In the form of a telephone dial In the form of a telephone booth To have listened through whole afternoon … To have listened across smiles
Children rock children I am among those ways of harsh sweetness Where the going is slow Because of the height where the heart takes breath The lightest dew—spelling its words out carefully Can make this oneness Sparkle for us
[paraphrased]