"Afire Love" by Ed Sheeran is the 12th and closing track on the standard edition of the album 'X'. The ballad is inspired by Ed's grandfather who died of Alzheimer's disease. He said he finished writing the song at his funeral
Ed Sheeran
Things were all good yesterday And then the devil took your memory And if you fell to your death today I hope that heaven is your resting place I heard the doctors put your chest in pain But then that could have been the medicine And now you’re lying in the bed again Either way I’ll cry with the rest of them. And my father told me, “Son, It’s not his fault he doesn’t know your face, And you’re not the only one. Although my grandma used to say, that he used to sing Darling hold me in your arms the way you did last night And we'll lie inside, a little while he wrote I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up And we’re wrapped in light, in life, in love. Put your open lips on mine and slowly let them shut For they’re designed to be together oh With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one And we’re set alight, we’re afire love, love, love oh. Things were all good yesterday Then the devil took your breath away And now we’re left here in the pain Black suit, black tie standin' in the rain And now my family is one again Stapled together with the strangers and a friend. Came to my mind I should paint it with a pen Six years old I remember when. And my father told me, “Son, It’s not his fault he doesn’t know your face, And you’re not the only one. Although my grandma used to say, he used to say… Darling hold me in your arms the way you did last night And we'll lie inside, a little while he wrote I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up And we’re wrapped in light, in life, in love. Put your open lips on mine and slowly let them shut For they’re designed to be together oh With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one And we’re set alight, we’re afire love, love, love oh And my father and all of my family Rise from the seats to sing hallelujah And my mother and all of my family Rise from the seats to sing halellujah And my brother and all of my family Rise from the seats to sing hallelujah And all of my brothers and my sisters, yeah And my father and all of my family Rise from the seats to sing hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
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