Ed Sheeran

    When I first started listening to Ed Sheeran's album, I wasn't impressed. It's sole purpose was to keep me hidden from the silence. I was listening to songs, but wash was not it's own; they were one blend of sound. A wall I didn;t give two seconds of thoughts to... until now. 

    This brings me to my most recent realization; I think I'm in love with Ed Sheeran. I'm in love with his adorable red hair (regardless of what you haters says :p). His messy, non chalant appearance has an appeal to me that I will never understand.
    To give you a taste of why I love him, I am going through each track and posting my favorite lines. It's becoming an obsession I can't hide. It's so bad that I am fighting the urge to perform tendencies equivalent to that of a stalker. :p

1. The A Team - "Stuck in her daydream, been this way since 18, but lately her face seems slowly sinking, wasting, crumbling like pastries"  We can all find a passion in "people watching." This line just reminds me how simple it is to see the emotional and physical toll of the stressful lives we live each day. If only we looked for it in others, we could all be saved. 

2. Drunk - "I want to be drunk when I wake up on the right side of the wrong bed, and every excuse I made, tell you the truth, I hate what didn't kill me, it never made me stronger" This song definitely catches me straight from the start line. There's no deep philosophical reason; it's not motivational or inspirational. I simply relate to it. 

3. U.N.I - "I found your hairband on my bedroom floor, the only evidence that you've been here before, I don't get waves of missing you anymore... pain is only relevant if it still hurts" It's amazing how fast someone can come into your life. How fast they can leave, without a trace, is equally amazing. 

4. Grade 8 - "My eyes are a river filler, this drink is a liver killer, my chest is a pillow for your weary head to lay to rest again... your mind is my new best friend" By this point, I think I'm just relating to his pain management skills. 

5. Wake Me Up - 'Cause maybe you're lovable, maybe you're my snowflake, and when your eyes turn from green to grey in the winter, I'll hold you in a cold place... and you'll never know just how beautiful you are to me, but maybe I'm just in love when you wake me up" Love is a dangerous game nobody has ever figured out. I have found that most times, we create the love we want with someone in our minds. The relationship falls apart when we realize it was never true, just a dream we tried to make reality. When dreams and reality meet, we find happiness. 

6. Small Bump - "Cause you were just a small bump, unborn for four months, then torn from life, maybe you were needed up there, but we're still unaware as why" It breaks my heart, but lives that end early are not something I am a stranger to. Maybe not that early, but early all the same. 

7. This - "This is the start of something beautiful... and I'll throw it all away, watch you fall...and take me back, take me home, watch me fall down to earth" I've been thrown away and I have thrown others away on many occasions. Be it fear, pain or denial.... I take for granted the love and opportunities I've had. I take them for granted before they even begin. 

8. The City - "The pavement is my friend, it will take me where I need to go.. and the shop across the road fulfills my needs and gives me company when I need it" Feeling lost and alone. Something we can all relate to. 

9. Lego House - "And it's so hard to say it, but I've been here before, now I'll surrender up my heart and swap it for yours... I'll keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on" I just love this entire song, especially since the opening instrumentals have an Incubus like feel. 

10. You Need Me, I Don't Need You - "People think I'm bound to blow up..but I haven't got a house plus I live on the couch" A feeling of having nothing but working for everything. 

11. Kiss - "And your\hearts against my chest, lips pressed to my neck, I'm falling for your eyes but they don't me yet, And with a feeling I'll forget, I'm falling in love now"

12. Give Me Love - "Give me love like her, Cause lately I've been waking up alone, Paint spotted tear drops on my shirt, told you I'd let them go, And I'll fight my corner, Maybe tonight I'll call ya, After my blood turns into alcohol, No I just wanna hold ya, Give a little time to me, I'll burn this out...All I want is the taste that you lips allow"

13. Autumn Leaves - "Do you ever wonder if the stars shine out for you, fall down like autumn leaves, and hush now, close your eyes before the sleep, and you're miles away, and yesterday you were here with me... is it that it's over or do birds still sing for you" Just beautiful.

14. Little Bird - "Come inside for a little home made tea, and if you fall asleep then at least you're next to me"

15. Gold Rush - "Maybe you should learn to love her like the way you want to be loved"

16. Sunburn - "I'm looking for what used to be mine....I moved far away from you, and I want to see you here beside me, but things aren't clear, we never even tried, we never even talked, we never even thought in the long run...and I miss you"