Afire Love by Ed Sheeran was inspired by the singers grandfathers battle with Alzheimers and his passing. Ed began writing the song before his grandfathers death and completed it afterward. It reflects on the illness, loss, and family love during tough times.
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Introduction:
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Things were all good yesterday
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And then the devil took your memory
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And if you fell to your death today,
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I hope that heaven is your resting place
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I heard the doctors put your chest in pain
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then that could've been the medicine
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And now you're lying in the bed again
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Either way I'll cry with the rest of them
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And my father told me son
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It's not his fault he doesn't know your face
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And you're not the only one
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Although my grandma used to say, he used to sing
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Darling hold me in your arms the way you did last night
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And we'll lie inside, a little while here, oh
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I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up
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And we're wrapped in light, in life and love
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Put your open lips on mine, slowly let them shut
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for they're designed to be together oh
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With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one
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And we'll set alight, we're afire love
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Things were all good yesterday
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And then the devil took your breath away
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And now we're left here in pain
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Black suit black tie standing in the rain
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And now my family is one again
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Stapled together with the strangers and a friend
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Came to my mind I should paint it with a pen
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Six years old I remember when
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And my father told me son
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It's not his fault he doesn't know your face
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And you're not the only one
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Although my grandma used to say, he used to sing
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Darling hold me in your arms the way you did last night
Em
A
And we'll lie inside, a little while here, oh
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G
I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up
Em
A
And we're wrapped in light, in life and love
Bm
G
Put your open lips on mine, slowly let them shut
Em
A
for they're designed to be together oh
Bm
G
With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one