Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Come back home you're all alone
Everyone is waiting for
The words to say
To make you stay
To keep you in their arms
Hold still so I can feel the words that hurt, that hit, that kills
The latest fight that lasts all night
Turn off the lights and leave right now
[Chorus]
I know, I know
I'm too slow to catch you here
I know that she knows
She's running far far from me
Come back home
Pick up the phone
Or just call my name out loud
So I can hear, so loud and clear
Our time is running, running out
[Chorus]
Slow down, or not
So I can catch you now
Slow down, or not
So we can work this out
I'm cold and tired
Let's start a fire
And then we'll fall asleep
You and me, oh, you and me
I'm cold tired, lets start a fire
And then we'll fall asleep
You and me, oh, you and me
Forget what you're not, not what you lived.
I know where you are I know you got there.
[Chorus]
Slow down, or not
So I can catch you now
Slow down, or not
So we can work this out
Everyone is waiting for
The words to say
To make you stay
To keep you in their arms
Hold still so I can feel the words that hurt, that hit, that kills
The latest fight that lasts all night
Turn off the lights and leave right now
[Chorus]
I know, I know
I'm too slow to catch you here
I know that she knows
She's running far far from me
Come back home
Pick up the phone
Or just call my name out loud
So I can hear, so loud and clear
Our time is running, running out
[Chorus]
Slow down, or not
So I can catch you now
Slow down, or not
So we can work this out
I'm cold and tired
Let's start a fire
And then we'll fall asleep
You and me, oh, you and me
I'm cold tired, lets start a fire
And then we'll fall asleep
You and me, oh, you and me
Forget what you're not, not what you lived.
I know where you are I know you got there.
[Chorus]
Slow down, or not
So I can catch you now
Slow down, or not
So we can work this out
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Come Back Home (Reprised) Lyrics as written by James Ii Woodruff Eron Bucciarelli-tieger
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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