This song is so catchy! And it's more upbeat than some of Ed Sheeran's more popular songs but I like it just the same.
Okay so as far as meaning goes let's assume he's talking about a girl (seems pretty obvious) and it seems like they've sort of had a relationship before and maybe it didn't work out and now he's contemplating giving it another go.
I think the 'little bird' is a metaphor for their relationship. It has a "broken leg", so their relationship is 'injured' or 'damaged' and just isn't going to get better. So she suggests that they try to fix it. But at the end of the song he said he "left that little bird with it's broken leg to die" so I guess he chose not to continue the relationship, and yet because he plays the chorus again straight after I think he's still not sure whether he made the right choice because he still wants her but thinks it would be a mistake to jump straight back in.
This is the first time I've tried to figure out the meaning of the song and write it down so it could be that none of that makes sense or is completely wrong but that's just what I get from the song.
He explained on one a YouTube video,
He and his ex girlfriend were kinda on a bike ride, and they found a chicken with its leg broken on the road.
The girlfriend was studying to be a vet and wanted to look after it, but Ed didn't really... Care he just wanted some "tea and a sleep".
They took it back home and Ed went to have a sleep while the girlfriend checked out the chicken. But when he woke up, the chicken had died. He felt really bad so he wrote a song for the chicken and his ex :)...
He explained on one a YouTube video,
He and his ex girlfriend were kinda on a bike ride, and they found a chicken with its leg broken on the road.
The girlfriend was studying to be a vet and wanted to look after it, but Ed didn't really... Care he just wanted some "tea and a sleep".
They took it back home and Ed went to have a sleep while the girlfriend checked out the chicken. But when he woke up, the chicken had died. He felt really bad so he wrote a song for the chicken and his ex :)
This song is so catchy! And it's more upbeat than some of Ed Sheeran's more popular songs but I like it just the same. Okay so as far as meaning goes let's assume he's talking about a girl (seems pretty obvious) and it seems like they've sort of had a relationship before and maybe it didn't work out and now he's contemplating giving it another go. I think the 'little bird' is a metaphor for their relationship. It has a "broken leg", so their relationship is 'injured' or 'damaged' and just isn't going to get better. So she suggests that they try to fix it. But at the end of the song he said he "left that little bird with it's broken leg to die" so I guess he chose not to continue the relationship, and yet because he plays the chorus again straight after I think he's still not sure whether he made the right choice because he still wants her but thinks it would be a mistake to jump straight back in.
This is the first time I've tried to figure out the meaning of the song and write it down so it could be that none of that makes sense or is completely wrong but that's just what I get from the song.
S.U. Mardy Bum
S.U. Mardy Bum
He explained on one a YouTube video, He and his ex girlfriend were kinda on a bike ride, and they found a chicken with its leg broken on the road. The girlfriend was studying to be a vet and wanted to look after it, but Ed didn't really... Care he just wanted some "tea and a sleep". They took it back home and Ed went to have a sleep while the girlfriend checked out the chicken. But when he woke up, the chicken had died. He felt really bad so he wrote a song for the chicken and his ex :)...
He explained on one a YouTube video, He and his ex girlfriend were kinda on a bike ride, and they found a chicken with its leg broken on the road. The girlfriend was studying to be a vet and wanted to look after it, but Ed didn't really... Care he just wanted some "tea and a sleep". They took it back home and Ed went to have a sleep while the girlfriend checked out the chicken. But when he woke up, the chicken had died. He felt really bad so he wrote a song for the chicken and his ex :)