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.
nobody wants to take the blame
everybody wants to stay the same
all i want is what you had
i never meant to make you feel so sad
but you should have known it
cause i tried to show it
so it woudn't happen this way
yeh i tried to show you
my beautiful angel
my beautiful angel
i only wanted you
to this day i can't explain
why i stole him away
i guess i thought you'd run to me
i didn't really know how wrong i'd be
well you should have known it
cause i tried to show it
i've been tasting your tears for too long
yeh i tried to show you
my beautiful angel
my beautiful angel
i only wanted you
i never asked for nothing
i only wanted you
my beautiful angel
my beautiful angel
i only wanted you
i tried to show you
my beautiful angel
i only wanted you
everybody wants to stay the same
all i want is what you had
i never meant to make you feel so sad
but you should have known it
cause i tried to show it
so it woudn't happen this way
yeh i tried to show you
my beautiful angel
my beautiful angel
i only wanted you
to this day i can't explain
why i stole him away
i guess i thought you'd run to me
i didn't really know how wrong i'd be
well you should have known it
cause i tried to show it
i've been tasting your tears for too long
yeh i tried to show you
my beautiful angel
my beautiful angel
i only wanted you
i never asked for nothing
i only wanted you
my beautiful angel
my beautiful angel
i only wanted you
i tried to show you
my beautiful angel
i only wanted you
Lyrics submitted by Lamia
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