Ed Sheeran - The Man

No, I don’t wanna hate you,
Just wishing you’d never gone for THE MAN,
and waited two weeks at least
Before you let him take you
I stayed true, I kind of knew you liked the dude from private school
He’s waiting for the time to move,
I knew he had his eyes on you
He’s not the right guy for you
Don’t hate me cause I write the truth
No I would never lie to you
But it was never fine to lose you
And what a way to find out
It never came from my mouth
You never changed your mind,
but you were just afraid to find out
But fuck it, I won’t be changing the subject, I love it
I’ll make your little secret public it’s nothing
I’m just disgusted with the skeletons you sleep with in your closet
To get back at me
Trapped and I’m lacking sleep
Fact is you’re mad at me because I backtrack so casually
You’re practically my famsily, if we married then I’ll guess you’d have to be
But tragically our love just lost the will to live,
but would I kill to give it one more shot
I think not

I don’t love you baby
I don’t need you baby
I don’t want you no, anymore
I don’t love you baby
I don’t need you baby
I don’t wanna love you no, anymore!

Recently I tend to zone out
Up in my headphones to Holocene
You promised your body, but I’m away so much
I stay more celibate than in a monastery
Im not cut out for life on the road
‘Cause I didn’t know I’d miss you this much
And at the time we’d just go,
So, sue me! I guess I’m not the man that you need
Ever since you went to uni
I’ve been sofa surfing with a rucksack
Full of less cash and I guess that could get bad
But when I broke the industry, that’s when I broke your heart
I was supposed to chart and celebrate,
but good things are over fast
I know it’s hard to deal with and see this
I tend to turn you off and switch on my professional features
Then I turn the music off,
and all I’m left with is to pick up my personal pieces, Jesus
I never really want to believe this,
Got advice from my dad and he told me that family is all I’ll ever have and need
I guess I’m unaware of it, success is nothing
If you have no one left to share it with! I don’t love you baby
I don’t need you baby
I don’t want you no, anymore
I don’t love you baby
I don’t need you baby
I don’t wanna love you no, anymore!

But since you left
I’ve given up my days off
It’s what I need to stay strong
I know you have a day job, but mine is 24/7
I fell like writing a book, I guess I lied in the hook
Cause I still love you and I need you by my side if I could
The irony is if my career and music didn’t exist
In 6 years, yeah you’d probably be my wife with a kid
I’m frightened to think if I depend on cider and drink,
And lighting a spliff I fall into a spiral and its
Just hiding my misguiding thoughts that I’m trying to kill
And I’d be writing my will before I’m 27 - I’ll die from a thrill
Go down in history as just a wasted talent
Can I face the challenge?! Or did I make a mistake erasing
It’s only therapy, my thoughts just get ahead of me
Eventually I’ll be fine I know that it was never meant to be
Either way I guess I’m not prepared, but I’ll say this
These things happen for a reason and you can’t change
Take my apology, I’m sorry for the honesty
But I had to get this off my chest!

I don’t love you baby
I don’t need you baby
I don’t want you no, anymore
I don’t love you baby
I don’t need you baby
I don’t wanna love you no, anymore!