“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.
If I could execute a thousand men
If I could give a thousand years
If I could make some ?sand at least
Maybe if I took a thousand pills
If I fucked a thousand girls
If I cheat the lost God
maybe I could read your mind
You are so damn..I don't, I can't
I don't know what to say
why don't we..damn, how do I say this
what am I allowed to say
I think you are, how do I put this
I don't know how to say
I think I,
damn, I don't, fuck it
what am I suppose to say
What if I died a thousand times
and served a thousand afterlives in hell
what if I dug a thousand mile trench
and let a thousand rats eat my limbs
If I could see through every wall
If I could fast a thousand days
Maybe if I cheat the last God
Maybe I could read your mind
You are so damn..I don't, I can't
I don't know what to say
why don't we..damn, how do I say this
what am I allowed to say
I think you..are, how do I put this
I don't know how to say
I think I,
damn, I don't, fuck it
what am I suppose to say
You are so damn
why don't we
how do I say this
I think you
I think I, damn
fuck it
You are so damn..I don't, I can't
I don't know what to say
why don't we..damn, how do I say this
what am I allowed to say
I think you..are, how do I put this
I don't know how to say
I think I,
damn, I don't, fuck it
what am I suppose to say
If I could give a thousand years
If I could make some ?sand at least
Maybe if I took a thousand pills
If I fucked a thousand girls
If I cheat the lost God
maybe I could read your mind
You are so damn..I don't, I can't
I don't know what to say
why don't we..damn, how do I say this
what am I allowed to say
I think you are, how do I put this
I don't know how to say
I think I,
damn, I don't, fuck it
what am I suppose to say
What if I died a thousand times
and served a thousand afterlives in hell
what if I dug a thousand mile trench
and let a thousand rats eat my limbs
If I could see through every wall
If I could fast a thousand days
Maybe if I cheat the last God
Maybe I could read your mind
You are so damn..I don't, I can't
I don't know what to say
why don't we..damn, how do I say this
what am I allowed to say
I think you..are, how do I put this
I don't know how to say
I think I,
damn, I don't, fuck it
what am I suppose to say
You are so damn
why don't we
how do I say this
I think you
I think I, damn
fuck it
You are so damn..I don't, I can't
I don't know what to say
why don't we..damn, how do I say this
what am I allowed to say
I think you..are, how do I put this
I don't know how to say
I think I,
damn, I don't, fuck it
what am I suppose to say
Lyrics submitted by XLoveEpiphanyX
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