“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 know that you got somebody
Yeah, I got someone too
We don't have to stay unhappy
And do the shit we do
Baby, I wanna know your status
I see something big between us
Even if you got somebody
We're just a little bit better
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
People say
"Uh, uh don't do it C"
I just do what's on my mind
Baby, I wanna know your status
I see something big between us
Even if you got somebody
We're just a little bit better
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
I wanna be your Formula 1 driver
Hey girl, I want nobody in my front seat
Give you the number to my cell phone, girl
When you text me we meet the same day
When you ask me how we get it together
You know I told you we're a little bit better
When you ask me how we get it together
You know I told you we're a little bit better
"Hey what you saying C?"
We gotta stop being so god damn selfish
The dirty feet go
The clean hands go
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
Yeah, I got someone too
We don't have to stay unhappy
And do the shit we do
Baby, I wanna know your status
I see something big between us
Even if you got somebody
We're just a little bit better
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
People say
"Uh, uh don't do it C"
I just do what's on my mind
Baby, I wanna know your status
I see something big between us
Even if you got somebody
We're just a little bit better
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
I wanna be your Formula 1 driver
Hey girl, I want nobody in my front seat
Give you the number to my cell phone, girl
When you text me we meet the same day
When you ask me how we get it together
You know I told you we're a little bit better
When you ask me how we get it together
You know I told you we're a little bit better
"Hey what you saying C?"
We gotta stop being so god damn selfish
The dirty feet go
The clean hands go
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
Lyrics submitted by spasmodic
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