Let It Out

Ed Sheeran

You give me life and a loss of oxygen
You treat me like I was in love again
And I'd hold you tight, tight enough to know
That you are mine, I'd never let you go

And it's you I miss
And it's you I miss

So let it out
And let it out now
And let it out
And let it out now, now

And you speak to me behind your darkened stare
And you'd let me be as if I wasn't there

It seemed perfect, a concept free from any regret
Another couple based on teen sex
You idiot, true I was just like you
We couldn't be torn apart, you see we were just like glue

It's you I miss
And it's you I miss (woah-woah)

So let it out
And let it out now
And let it out
And let it out now, now

It seemed perfect, a concept free from any regret
Another couple based on teen sex
You idiot, true I was just like you
We couldn't be torn apart, you see we were just like glue

Like glue, we're like glue, we're like glue
Like glue, we're like glue, we're like glue
Like glue, we're like glue, we're like glue
Like glue, we're like glue, we're like glue
Like glue, we're like glue, we're like glue
Like glue, we're like glue, we're like glue
Like glue, we're like glue, we're like glue
Like glue, we're like glue, we're like glue

So let it out
And let it out now
And let it out
And let it out now, now

It seemed perfect, a concept free from any regret
Another couple based on teen sex
You idiot, true I was just like you
We couldn't be torn apart, you see we were just like glue


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    You speak me to me Behind your Dublin? step

    ''You speak me to me Behind your Darkened stare''

    im deffo hearing stare plus that line makes more sence, as she could be giving him a cold stare as they are talking. and i have never heard of a dublin step nore has the internet lol

    UnrequitedBitchon July 08, 2011   Link
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    To me it is about this: At first he liked the concept of "friends with benefits", now he would like to confess that he actually feels more and has been missing her lately...

    Lixeon December 09, 2011   Link
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    i'm pretty sure the beginning is "you give me life and a loss of oxygen"

    like she makes him catch his breath :) it's a cute play on words

    and i think the second verse is: "you speak to me behind your dark green stare"

    great song :)

    i.was.young.enoughon April 03, 2012   Link

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