Ed Sheeran – Shirtsleeves Song Lyrics

About Ed Sheeran: Edward Christopher “Ed” Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and producer. He was born in Halifax, before moving to Framlingham. He learned to play guitar and started writing songs at a young age. He began recording in 2005 and moved to London in 2008 to pursue a music career. In 2009, he played 312 gigs. In early 2011, Sheeran released an independent extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project which led him to be signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records. Buoyed by the commercial breakthrough of the singles “The A Team” and “Lego House”, his debut album + has been certified quintuple platinum in the United Kingdom. In 2012, he won two BRIT Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist, and British Breakthrough of the Year, while “The A Team” also won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. After collaborating with Taylor Swift on a track for her album Red (2012), it was announced that Sheeran will appear as a special guest on Swift’s seven-month Red Tour of North America in 2013. Ed Sheeran has also toured with, and performed solo, as the opening band for the Rolling Stones on their Zip Code tour in 2015.

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Lyrics:

I can taste salt water
And if I blink again
You’ll be sinking in
So we’ll learn to swim in the oceans you made
I’ll hold ya and you’ll think of him
And pretty soon you’ll be floating away

And I’ll hold on to the words you spoke of
Anchored down in the throat, love
And I’m captain of this sinking boat now
With just one armband to carry me home

When salted tears won’t dry
I’ll wipe my shirtsleeves
Under your eyes
These hearts will be flooded tonight
I’ll wipe my shirtsleeves
Under your eyes
Your eyes, your eyes, your eyes, your eyes, your eyes

I still taste salt water
On my lips from your kiss, bitterness
And I’ll drown within the oceans you made
And I hate to love you, these cuffs are covered in your make up
I’ll never trust you again
You can just be a friend

And I’ll hold on to the words you spoke of
Anchored down in the throat, love
And I’m captain of this sinking boat now
With just one armband to carry me home

When salted tears won’t dry
I’ll wipe my shirtsleeves
Under your eyes
These hearts will be flooded tonight
I’ll wipe my shirtsleeves
Under your eyes

Your eyes, your lips, your mouth
Your thighs, your back, you drive me wild
Tonight, the fact is I
I’m on my way home
I’m on my way home
I lied, I tried to cry but I’m, I’m drowning in the oceans you made

When salted tears won’t dry
I’ll wipe my shirtsleeves
Under your eyes
These hearts will be flooded tonight
I’ll wipe my shirtsleeves
Under your eyes
Your eyes, your eyes, your eyes, your eyes, your eyes