This song is hands down the sexiest on the album. 'Your love was handmade for somebody like me' - Shape Of You Plus, Ed has actually travelled the world, so it makes this line even more honest and beautiful.Ĥ. I love how this is the way he describes this girl whom he loves. It's simple to say that all people are mysteries another needs to uncover. 'You're a mystery/I have travelled the world, there's no other girl like you' - Dive Just another reason why they say, 'there's no place like home.' Sometimes home isn't the walls of the house, it's the people around. I love the way that Sheeran describes his friends as 'raising him.' We often think of growing up with our childhood friends, but I've never thought of how we may raise each other into the people we become. 'One friend left to sell clothes/One works down by the coast/One had two kids but lives alone/One's brother overdosed/One's already on his second wife/One's just barely getting by/But these people raised me/And I can't wait to go home' - Castle on The Hill Ed turns this equation around and makes the picture seem imperfect, not us.Ģ. We get off track, lose purpose, and feel inadequate amongst others around us. We all have this idea of a picture–perfect life or college experience, and well sometimes the picture isn't clear all of the time. 'I chased the pictured perfect life, I think they painted it wrong' - Eraser Here are my favorite lyrics from each track:ġ. By sharing his experiences and singing about them so thoughtfully, he crafted an album that tells a story. He's also extremely self–aware of his fame and position in the music industry. Sheeran embraces sincerity in this album-he has an ability to sing arguably corny or overtly sentimental lyrics and make them sound real. Sheeran is a storyteller in this album, exploring love, loss, and self–discovery through his tracks, which are sung and delivered with a lovable mixture of emotionally honesty and charisma. Whether or not the soundtrack to your walk on Locust lately has been Ed Sheeran's new album, 'Divide,' there's one thing you can't deny: he's got a way with words ( Ed.

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