Life Goes On

Album

-

Label

Asylum Records

Genre

-Pop

Composer(s)

Ed Sheeran

Entered Chart

May 27, 2023

Peak Date

May 27, 2023

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

“When Jamal passed away, I wanted the world to stop, like it did for the queen; when the queen died, everything came to a halt. And it kind of did, for the day. Jamal was of Caribbean descent, and in Caribbean culture they do this thing called the Nine Night. Every night of the week you go to the family home and everyone gathers, and everyone remembers the stories, and everyone drinks. It’s super sad and super intense but it’s kind of comforting, because you’re around everyone that he knew and everyone that he loved and you’re all sharing stories. Then on the ninth night, you have a big party, and then everyone just kind of gets back to ‘normal.’ I sort of didn’t feel like I wanted to. I know death and grief is a thing that everyone goes through, and everyone has jobs and everyone has lives, and everyone just has to get back to it. You’re sort of given this period of time where you’re expected to grieve and to be sad, and then that’s supposed to end and you’re supposed to go back to normal life. I just didn’t feel like I wanted to, and I still don’t feel like I want to. I don’t feel like you have to get over stuff. I don’t think it’s something that is a must; I think it’s something you can live with and something that if you want to cry you can cry, if you want to remember in a nice way… On his birthday last year, I went out and remembered him and had fun. You can do things like that. It was just weird how life resumed.”

[Verse 1]
It hit like a train, I ran out of words
I got nothing to say, everything hurts
And I know love leads to pain
But memories serve our sweetest refrain, mmm

[Pre-Chorus]
The waves came tumbling down
As you float away, I'm reaching for ya

[Chorus]
To tell me how, how my life goes on with you gone?
I suppose I'll sink like a stone
If you leave me now, oh, the storms will roll
Easy come, hard go, then life goes on

[Verse 2]
I miss the flames, the heated reserve
Oh, I'd remember thе way that you put me first
And what a heart-wrenching shamе
That you'll never know, just like tears in the rain, mmm

[Pre-Chorus]
A constant grey in the clouds
When I hear your name, I think of love
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[Chorus]
So, tell me how, how my life goes on with you gone?
I suppose I'll sink like a stone
If you leave me now, oh, the storms will roll
Easy come, hard go, then life goes on

[Post-Chorus]
Ah, yeah, life goes on
Ah, yeah

[Bridge]
I watched the sun setting down
I am so afraid, I need you now

[Chorus]
To tell me how, how my life goes on with you gone?
I suppose I'll sink like a stone
If you leave me now, oh, the storms will roll
Easy come, hard go, then life goes on
Easy come, hard go, then life goes on