Lately

[Verse 1: Ed Sheeran]

I seem to find myself talking to the powers that be

Awaking the shade and shadowed under towering trees

Admiring the scene, inhaling fumes of flowers that breathe

Jet lagged eyes are begging for an hour to sleep

Although my bloodshot whites and irises they never find any

Clock stops at times where the sun shine can blind many

Although my eyes are heavy, they won't be closing soon

Cause I heard that time waits for nobody, I suppose it's true

We make corrosive tunes with acid tabs and vocal booths

To see the flashing lights at photo shoots, we make our motive moves

I say whatever I feel to vent a rhyme

So I can still invent the lines and stay close to the friends of mine

Cause real recognise real is what my father says

And I'll be sticking to this phrase until I pass away

Overworking, no sleep is just another way to die slow

But I'll just keep going strong and never let my eyes close

[Verse 2: Devlin]

5 o'clock with lights off, interview with a vampire

Sleep is for the living and not a utensil that I require

I swear I said, that I'll sleep when I'm dead

Who's on the beat upon the feature with Ed?

It's D-E-V to the Zed

Over tired, pale faced like Michael Myers

Bags underneath my eyes can show the baggage I've acquired

And over the time within this maze I think you'll find you'll

Never find that peace of mind you seek to find until you're dying

'Cause I got too much to stay awake for

To sleep, or even take four seconds out the game, it's time to wage war

Scissors, grab a sword, and sharpen up your hunting knives

Two psychopathic lyricists are driving on the hunt tonight

I'm hailing from the Essex and the East London border line

Villans never sleep, they mastermind in all sorts of crimes

Be wide awake just like you're snorting lines

Or get left mortified like you just seen the ghost of Jesus walking by

[Chorus: Ed Sheeran]

I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free

It could be

The times I'm living in

I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free

It could be

The times I'm living in lately

[Verse 3: Ed Sheeran]

I brush my teeth every night but still I wake up with a bad mouth

And the background is my past and my presence will bring it back out

Deliver the raps how I flow, I live with the rats now and those

That hate me call me Ron but they won't slither in too easy

Believe me I'm snake minded, be within this great time, be

On minimum wage, life is a prison escape that I'm in

It's all to do with timing not the label that you sign with

Then my mates are doing fine but then they never put the time in

I try to hide my cold side like when I flip my pillows

Some of the songs I write are real because the charts are filled with si-li-cone

I'm still broke without the money for a Mac Pro

Living out of three bags, no talk about my cash flow

Opposite of sober cause I never did my homework

Which has got me on the sofa, no degree but growing older

I played a fool to catch the wise, I will never tell a lie

I wake dead, take deep breaths, try to never die (Never die)

[Verse 4: Devlin]

Two guys with the same view, keep it tight like Scrooge

Making metaphors flow and move, like typhoons and tunes

And if we got our eyes on you, we'll catch you while you snooze

Times elapsing while you're catching Zed's, the masses like to move

We scan the situation, analyse information

And then decide what probably is most practical to do

Driven young gentlemen, I've hardly changed my bed sheets

At all over the last 12 months cause I haven't slept in 'em, true

I'm coming home, the lights are on, your rights are wrong, so I'm correcting 'em

We got the fans all like, "Oh wow it's Devs and Ed"

What less did you bloody expect from 'em?"

In the end sleep deprivation might just be our detriment

Fighting through writers block from 9 o'clock to 5 o'clock

And no way will I ever waste a second of the time I got

I keep my pupils engaged

Like a classroom in holy matrimony, but I'm only trying to stay awake

[Chorus: Ed Sheeran]

I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free

It could be

The times I'm living in

I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free

It could be

The times I'm living in lately

I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free

It could be

The times I'm living in

I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free

It could be

The times I'm living in lately