“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.
She's not real, she's the spokes on a wheel
But the way she moves will take you where you wanna go
And you're the one that she steals from
But if not you she's gonna find somebody else
‘cause nothing is ever enough
and you love her but you know you've got to leave her
‘cause she's leaving you with no way out
she's a jewel in the nose of a fool
She's beautiful but she don't know who she is
And you're a wreck because you suspect
That she'll never be who she was years ago
‘cause nothing is ever enough
Maybe you don't see it
But she's waiting everywhere you're gonna go
In the faces of the people who look at you
Like someone that they know
But the way she moves will take you where you wanna go
And you're the one that she steals from
But if not you she's gonna find somebody else
‘cause nothing is ever enough
and you love her but you know you've got to leave her
‘cause she's leaving you with no way out
she's a jewel in the nose of a fool
She's beautiful but she don't know who she is
And you're a wreck because you suspect
That she'll never be who she was years ago
‘cause nothing is ever enough
Maybe you don't see it
But she's waiting everywhere you're gonna go
In the faces of the people who look at you
Like someone that they know
Lyrics submitted by TheMineralRecord
Nothing Is Ever Enough Lyrics as written by Derek W. Webb
Lyrics © MUSIC SERVICES, INC.
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I've always wondered what he means by "she's a jewel in the nose of a fool". Maybe a reference to the "Christian" music industry?