Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air There'll come a time I'll wanna know I was here Names on the door frames, inches, and ages Handprints in concrete at the softest stages I don't know why I don't try harder I feel like throwing towels into water Get it down to nothing, everything that matters Fever flashes, eyelashes, and traffic patterns Humidity, history, chemistry, and panic Swimsuits in the windows of electric minivans I don't know why I don't try harder I've been goin' down some, some strange water Move forward now, there's nothing to do Can't turn around, I can't follow you Your coat's in my car, I guess you forgot It's crazy, the things we let go It finally hits me, a mile's drive The sky is leakin', my windshield's cryin' I'm feelin' sacred, my soul is stripped Radio's painful, the words are clipped The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes My car is creepin', I think it's dyin' I'm pullin' over until it heals I'm on a shoulder of lemon fields What was I even leavin' for? I keep goin' back and forth I think now I'm about to see Didn't know how sad it'd be Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air There'll come a time I'll wanna know I was here Names on the door frames, inches, and ages Handprints in concrete at the softest stages I don't know why I don't try harder I feel like throwing towels into water Move forward now, there's nothing to do Can't turn around and I can't follow you Your coat's in my car, I guess you forgot It's crazy, the things we let go It finally hits me, a mile's drive The sky is leakin', my windshield's cryin' I'm feelin' sacred, my soul is stripped Radio's painful, the words are clipped The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes My car is creepin', I think it's dyin' I'm pullin' over until it heals I'm on a shoulder of lemon fields The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes My car is creepin', I think it's dyin' I'm pullin' over until it heals I'm on a shoulder of lemon fields

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Ed Sheeran has apparently written '25 songs in the space of a week' with The National's Aaron Dessner

As part of a court case in which the singer is fighting a claim against his hit single 'Shape Of You', Sheeran was questioned about his songwriting process.

7 Mar 2022 • 8:03 pm

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