"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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  I See Fire (Remix)   A Team   Addicted   Afire Love   Ag Smaoineamh ós Ard   Alfire Love   All Of The Stars   Autumn Leaves   Autumn Leaves [*]   Autumn Leaves [Deluxe Edition]   Be Like You   Be My Forever   Be My Husband   Beyond The Pale   Billy Ruskin   Blind Faith   Bloodstream   Bonus Track   Candle In The Wind   Candle In The Wind (Elton John Cover)   Castle on the Hill   City   CoCo (Cover)   Cold Coffee   Diary   Dirrty (Cover)   Don't   Don't (Remix)   Don't (Rick Ross Remix)   Don't Go Breaking My Heart   Don\u2019t   Don't   Don’t   Don’t   Drown Me Out   Drunk   Drunk [Lazy Jay's Rave-O-Lution Dub]   Drunk [Lazy Jay's Wasted in London Remix]   Drunk In Love   Ed Sheeran - No Diggity Vs. Thrift Shop   Ed Sheeran Don’t is track #3 from the album X (2...   Ed Sheeran Mess is track #2 from the album X (2014...   Ed Sheeran Shirtsleeves is an exclusive track from...   Ed Sheeran Tenerife is track #8 from the album X (...   Ed Sheeran The Man is track #10 from Ed's second a...   Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud is track #11 from Ed'...   English Rose   Even My Dad Does Sometimes   Everything Has Changed   Everything You Are   Everywhere   F64 (2014)   Faces   Fall   Fall Down   Family   Fire Alarms   Firefly   Firefly [Bravado Dubstep Remix]   Forever   Friends   Give Me Love   Give Me Love (New Machine Remix)   Gold Rush   Gold Rush [Deluxe Edition]   Goodbye To You   Grade 8   Grade 8 (Acoustic)   Gravity   Hallelujah   Heaven   Hold On   Homeless   Hush Little Baby   I Love You   I Never Fell   I See Fire   I See Fire (Kygo Remix)   I See Fire (Remix)   I Will Take You Home   I'm A Mess   I'm A Mess   I’m A Mess   In Memory   Kiss Me   Last Night   Lately   Lay It All On Me   Lego House   Let It Out   Little Bird   Little Bird [*]   Little Bird [Deluxe Edition]   Little Lady   London Bridge   Make It Rain   Make It Rain (from Sons of Anarchy)   Mess   Misery   Miss You   Moody Ballad Of Ed   Move On   New York   Nightmares   Nina   No Diggity (With Thriftshop)   No Diggity / Thrift Shop   No Diggity & Thrift Shop   No Diggity Vs. Thrift Shop   No Diggity Vs. Thrift Shop (Kygo Remix)   No Luck   On This Side of the Dream   One   One Night   Open Your Ears   Paralyzed   Parting Glass   Pause   Photo   Photograph   Photograph (Felix Jaehn Remix)   Pony   Postcards   Quiet Ballad Of Ed   Radio   Rewind Repeat It   Runaway   Sara   Saturday   Say It (Tory Lanez Cover)   Scars   Shape of You   She   Shirtsleeves   Sing   Sing (French Remix)   Skinny Love   Small Bump   Small Bump – Live From Wembley Stadium   Smile   So   So In Love   Sofa   Spark   Stay With Me   Stevensong   Sunburn   Sunburn [*]   Sunburn [Deluxe Edition]   Sweet Mary Jane   Take It Back   Take It Back \/ Superstition   Take It Back Now   Take Me To Church   Tenerife   Tenerife Sea   The A Team   The A Team (acoustic)   The City   The City (Live At Sticky Studios)   The Fault In Our Stars   The Man   The Parting Glass   The Sea   The West Coast Of Clare   These Dreams   Thinking Out Loud   Thinking Out Loud (Alex Adair Remix)   This   Tone   Touch And Go   Trap Queen (Cover)   Two Blokes And A Double Bass   Typical Average   U.N.I.   Undone   UNI   Wake Me Up   Way Home   Wayfaring Stranger   Wayfaring Stranger (EP)   We Are   Where We Land   Wild Mountain Thyme   Wish You Were Here   Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover)   Yellow Pages   You   You Break Me   You Break Me 2   You Don't Know   You Don't Know (For F**ks Sake)   You Need Me   You Need Me (EP)   You Need Me I Don't Need You   You Need Me I Don't Need You (warner Live Room)   You Need Me, I Don't Need You   You Need Me, I Don't Need You - Live Ustream Versi...   You Need Me, I Don't Need You (Live Version)   You Need Me, I Don't Need You (true Tiger Remix)   You Need Me, I Don't Need You [Live Acoustic] [Liv...   You Need Me, I Don't Need You   You Need Me, I Don’t Need You   You Need To Cut Your Hair

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