Lately Lyrics - Ed Sheeran

1 ED

2 Mmmmm

3 I seem to find myself talking to the powers that be

4 Awaking the shade and shadowed under towering trees

5 Admiring the seen, inhaling fumes of flowers that breathe.

6 Jet lagged eyes are begging for an hour to sleep

7 Although my blood shot whites and iris's they never find any

8 Clock stops at times where the sun shine can blind many

9 Although my eyes are heavy they wont be closing soon

10 Cos i know that time waits for nobody, I suppose its true

11 We make corrosive tunes with acid tabs and vocal booths

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

13 I say what ever I feel to vent a rhyme

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

15 Cos we all recognise, real is what my father says

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

17 Overworking, no sleep is just another way to die slow

18 But i'll just keep going strong as ever, never let my eyes close

19 DEVLIN

20 5 o'clock with lights off

21 Interview with a vampire

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

23 I swear i said, that i'll sleep when im dead

24 Whos on the beat upon the feature with Ed its D-E-V to the Z

25 Over tired, pale faced like Michael Myers

26 Bags underneath my eyes can show the baggage i've acquired

27 And over the time within this maze i'll think you'll find you'll never find that peace of mind you seek to find until your dying

28 Cuz i got too much to stay awake for, to sleep or even take 4, seconds out the game

29 Its time to wage war

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

31 2 psychopathic lyricists are driving on the hunt tonight

32 I'm haling from the Essex and the East London boarder line

33 Villans never sleep they mastermind in all sorts of crimes,

34 Be wide awake just like your snorting lines

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

36 CHORUS

37 I never sleep

38 When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free, it could be, ahhh

39 The times i'm living in i never sleep, when trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free, it could be..

40 The times i'm living in lately.

41 ED

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

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

44 Deliver the raps how I flow

45 I live with the raps now and those that hate me call me wrong

46 But they wont slither in too easy, believe me im snake minded

47 Be within this great time, be on minimum wage, life is a prison escape that im in

48 Its all to do with timing not the label that you sign with

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

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

51 Some of the the songs i write are real because the chart is filled with si-li-cone

52 Im still broke without the money for a mac pro, living out of three bags no talk about my cash flow

53 Opposite of sober cos I never did my homework

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

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

56 I wake dead, take deep breaths, try to never die!

57 Never die.

58 DEVLIN

59 2 guys with the same view, keep it tight like scrooge,

60 Making metaphors flow and move, like typhoons and tunes

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

62 Times elapsing while your catching Z's, the masses like to move

63 We scan the situation, analyse information, and then decide what probably is most practical to do,

64 Driven young gentlemen

65 I've hardly changed my bed sheets at all over the last 12 months cos i haven't slept in them, true!

66 Im coming home, the lights are on, your rights are wrong so im correcting 'em

67 We got the fans all like 'oh wow its its Devs and Ed' what less did you bloody expect from 'em

68 In the end sleep deprivation might just be our detriment

69 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,

70 I keep my pupils engaged ,

71 Like a classroom in holy matrimony but im only trying to stay awake.

72 CHORUS

73 I never sleep

74 When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free, it could be, ahhh

75 The times i'm living in i never sleep, when trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free, it could be.. x4

76 The times i'm living in lately.