“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.
He cries in the corner where nobody sees.
He's the kid with the story no one would believe.
He prays every night dear God won't you please
Could you send someone here who will love me.
Who will love me for me.
Not for what I have done or what I will become.
Who will love me for me.
'Cause nobody has shown me what love, what love really means.
Her office is shrinking a little each day.
She's the woman whose husband has run away.
She'll go to the gym after working today
Maybe if she was thinner then he would have stayed.
And she says who will love me for me.
Not for what I have done or what I will become.
Who will love me for me.
'Cause nobody has shown me what love, what love really means.
He's waiting to die as he sits all alone
He's a man in a cell who regrets what he's done.
He utters a cry from the depths of his soul.
Oh lord forgive me I want to go home.
Then he heard a voice.
Somewhere deep inside.
And it said "I know you've murdered and I know you've lied.
And I have watched you suffer all of your life.
And now that you'll listen I'll tell you that I
I will love you for you, not for what you have done or what you will become.
I will love you for you.
I will give you the love, the love that you never knew.
Love you for you not for what you have done or what you will become.
I will love you for you.
I will give you the love, the love that you never knew.
He's the kid with the story no one would believe.
He prays every night dear God won't you please
Could you send someone here who will love me.
Who will love me for me.
Not for what I have done or what I will become.
Who will love me for me.
'Cause nobody has shown me what love, what love really means.
Her office is shrinking a little each day.
She's the woman whose husband has run away.
She'll go to the gym after working today
Maybe if she was thinner then he would have stayed.
And she says who will love me for me.
Not for what I have done or what I will become.
Who will love me for me.
'Cause nobody has shown me what love, what love really means.
He's waiting to die as he sits all alone
He's a man in a cell who regrets what he's done.
He utters a cry from the depths of his soul.
Oh lord forgive me I want to go home.
Then he heard a voice.
Somewhere deep inside.
And it said "I know you've murdered and I know you've lied.
And I have watched you suffer all of your life.
And now that you'll listen I'll tell you that I
I will love you for you, not for what you have done or what you will become.
I will love you for you.
I will give you the love, the love that you never knew.
Love you for you not for what you have done or what you will become.
I will love you for you.
I will give you the love, the love that you never knew.
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