När artister är på gång med ett nytt album skickar de ut någon singel. Ed Sheeran är inte som alla andra – han skickar ut två med en gång.
Det har tagit nästan två år, men nu är Englands popikon tillbaka med lite nytt material.
Det är lite småtrevliga låtar där Castle on the hill sätter sig i huvudet direkt. U2-gitarrerna i bakgrunden låter grymt bra.
When I was six years old I broke my leg
I was running from my brother and his friends tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down
I was younger then, take me back to when I
Found my heart and broke it here, made friends and lost them through the years
And I’ve not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know, I’ve grown but I can’t wait to go home
I’m on my way, driving at 90 down those country lanes
Singing to Tiny Dancer, And I miss the way you make me feel, and it’s real
When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Fifteen years old and smoking hand rolled cigarettes
Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends
Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don’t reckon I did it right
I was younger then, take me back to when we found
Weekend jobs when we got paid and buy cheap spirits and drink them straight
Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh how we’ve grown
I can’t wait to go home
I’m on my way, driving at 90 down those country lanes
Singing to Tiny dancer, And I miss the way you make me feel, it’s real
When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
One friend left to sell clothes
One works down by the coast
One had two kids but lives alone
One’s brother overdosed
Ones already on his second wife
Ones just barely getting by
But these people raised me
And I can’t wait to go home
And I’m on my way, and I still remember those country lanes
When we did not know the answers, And I miss the way you make me feel, it’s real
When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Shape of you låter helt annorlunda. Om det i alla fall finns en liten rockkänsla i Castle on the hill så är Shape of you en poplåt.
Sheerans nya album, hans tredje, ska släpas under 2017.