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I'm A Mess Lyrics
Ooh I’m a mess right now
Inside out
Searching for a sweet surrender
But this is not the end
I can’t work it out
How?
Going through the motions
Going through us
And though I've known it for the longest time
And all my hopes
All of my words
Are all over written on the signs
But you’re my road walking me home
Home, home, home, home
See the flames inside my eyes
It burns so bright I wanna feel your love
Oh oh easy baby maybe I’m a liar
But for tonight I wanna fall in love
Put your faith in my stomach
I messed up this time
Late last night
Drinking to suppress devotion
With fingers intertwined
I can’t shake this feeling now
We’re going through the motions
Hoping you'd stop
And ohhh I've only caused you pain
I know but all of my words will always below
Of all the love you spoke
When you're on my road
Walking me home
Home, home, home, home
See the flames inside my eyes
It burns so bright I wanna feel your love
Oh easy baby maybe I’m a liar
But for tonight I wanna fall in love
Put your faith in my stomach
And for how long I’ve loved my lover
For how long I’ve loved my lover
And now, now, for how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Now, now, for how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Now now, for how long, long I’ve loved my lover
(And I feel loved)
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
I feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover, now now
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Inside out
Searching for a sweet surrender
But this is not the end
How?
Going through the motions
Going through us
And all my hopes
All of my words
Are all over written on the signs
But you’re my road walking me home
Home, home, home, home
It burns so bright I wanna feel your love
Oh oh easy baby maybe I’m a liar
But for tonight I wanna fall in love
Put your faith in my stomach
Late last night
Drinking to suppress devotion
With fingers intertwined
I can’t shake this feeling now
We’re going through the motions
Hoping you'd stop
I know but all of my words will always below
Of all the love you spoke
When you're on my road
Walking me home
Home, home, home, home
It burns so bright I wanna feel your love
Oh easy baby maybe I’m a liar
But for tonight I wanna fall in love
Put your faith in my stomach
For how long I’ve loved my lover
And now, now, for how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Now, now, for how long, long I’ve loved my lover
(And I feel loved)
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
I feel it all over now, now
And I feel love
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover, now now
For how long, long I’ve loved my lover
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc
Writer
Ed Sheeran
Duration
4:04
Producer
Ed Sheeran, John Shanks
Release date
Jun 20, 2014
Sentiment
Positive
Submitted by
liniwa On Jun 23, 2014
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My interpretation doesn't have to do with cheating. Here's how I see it:
The girl has feelings for him that he does not reciprocate. Regardless, at the end of a night of drinking he still wants her to come home with him. He wants to pretend that he loves her for the night so she'll share his bed. Then, he keeps doing it even though he's not invested in a non-physical relationship.
He knows he's hurting her but continues to lead her on. Deep down he wishes one of them would stop going through the motions because he feels guilty for being the kind of person who would prioritize their own selfish desires over the feelings of others.
My two cents anyway...
After listening to this song a few times, I think or this sounds almost sounds like an admission of being unfaithful. Like when you cheat on someone, that guilt you carry around with you, and then when that person finds out.
But I'm puzzled by the "put faith in my stomach" line, because I think he means that the person should trust his gut in these situations. So it could be about an argument where there is accusations of cheating or being unfaithful or that it actually happened
@kboyle It's confusing for me too. Especially when he talks about his lover. Lover as in the girl he's seeing behind his girlfriends back or the girlfriend herself. He also could be saying that he's loved his girlfriend (who he calls lover) for a long time so how could he cheat on her?
@kboyle It's confusing for me too. Especially when he talks about his lover. Lover as in the girl he's seeing behind his girlfriends back or the girlfriend herself. He also could be saying that he's loved his girlfriend (who he calls lover) for a long time so how could he cheat on her?
@weeclown5 I agree I think he goes back and forth between the two women or whomever. I also agree with the last comment; it's either that or if you've ever been in a situation here your significant other admits to cheating on your but says that he/she realizes that YOU'RE the one he wants to be with.
@weeclown5 I agree I think he goes back and forth between the two women or whomever. I also agree with the last comment; it's either that or if you've ever been in a situation here your significant other admits to cheating on your but says that he/she realizes that YOU'RE the one he wants to be with.
This is probably a shot in the dark but since "Don't" and this song are on the same album that it's about the same girl in "Don't". In respects to how he felt after situation maybe?
This is probably a shot in the dark but since "Don't" and this song are on the same album that it's about the same girl in "Don't". In respects to how he felt after situation maybe?
"See the...
"See the flames in my eyes" - Anger/jealousy. Kind of like, considering how long we've been together/known each other and our feelings, how could you do this? And reacting to finding out?
To me it's about someone on the rebound trying to forget about their ex by trying to love someone else.
@Jonathan3110 to me it appears as though there is only a single woman referred to throughout the song
@Jonathan3110 to me it appears as though there is only a single woman referred to throughout the song