“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.
Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
I wouldn't mind a needle
I've just been on this road so long, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 2:
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Been all the way to Reno and parts of Cali forn
Been all the way down Reno and parts of Cali forn
I had some kind of luck there
Wished I never had been born, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 3:
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I went upon the signal hill
And there I made my stand
I went upon the signal hill
And there I made my stand
Bullets in my pocket
Semi- auto in my hand, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 4:
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Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
I wouldn't mind a needle
Just a- lying in a jail so long, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 5:
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Put me down into the chair
And then I close my eyes
They put me down in to the chair
Then I closed my eyes
Last words that I re member
Won't be long before you die, oh boy
Been all a round the world
Verse 6:
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Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
Put the needle in my arm
And I'll be dead and gone
I wouldn't mind a needle
Just a- lying in a grave so long...
Been all a round the world
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