Perfect – English Lyrics

• By: Ed Sheeran

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the romantic world of Ed Sheeran with 'Perfect.' This song is a beautiful way to learn English through heartfelt, clear storytelling and romantic vocabulary, making it perfect for students who want to master the language of affection and emotional expression.

[English]

I found a

love for

me darling just Dive Right

In follow my

lead I found a

girl beautiful and

sweet I never knew you were the someone

waiting for for

me cuz we were just kids when we fell in

love not knowing what if was I will not

give you up this

time darling just kiss me slow your

heart is all I own and in your eyes

you're holding

my

baby

I Dancing in the

Dark with you between my

arms bare foot on the

cross we're listening to our favorite

song when you said you looked a mess I

whispered underneath my breath but you

heard

darling you look perfect

[Music]

tonight well I found a

woman stronger than anyone I know she

shares my dreams I hope that someday

I'll share her home

oh I found the

love

to carry more than just my secrets to

carry love to carry children of our

own we are still kids but we're so in

love fighting against all us I know

it'll be all right and

time darling just hold my hand

be my girl I'll be your man I see my

future in your

eyes

baby

I Dancing in the

Dark with you between my

arms bear foot on the

cross listening to our favorite song

when I I saw you in that dress looking

so

beautiful I don't

deser darling you look perfect

[Music]

tonight

baby yeah

Dancing in the

Dark with you between my

arms or Barefoot on the

cross or listening to our favorite song

I have faith in what I see now I know I

have met an angel in

person and she looks perfect I don't

deserve this you look perfect

[Music]

tonight

going out tonight changes into something

red her mother doesn't like that kind of

dress everything she never had she's

showing

off driving too fast moon is breaking

through a hair she's heading for

something that you won't forget having

no regrets is all that you really want

[Music]

we're only getting older baby and I've

been thinking about it

lately does it ever drive you crazy just

how fast the night

changes everything that you've ever

dreamed of Disappearing when you wake up

but there's nothing to be afraid of even

when it night

changes it will never change me and

you chasing it tonight doubts to running

around her head he's waiting HIDs behind

a cigarette heart is beating loud and

she doesn't want it to

stop moving too fast moon is lighting up

her skin she's Fallen doesn't even know

it yet having no regrets it's all that

she really

wants we're only getting older baby and

I've been thinking about it

lately does it ever drive you crazy just

how fast it night

changes everything that you've ever

dreamed of Disappearing when you wake up

but there's nothing to be afraid of even

when in night

changes it will never change me and

you

o going out tonight changes into

something red her mother doesn't like

that kind of trust reminds her of the

missing piece of innocent she

loves we're only getting old the baby

and I've been thinking about it

ler does it ever drive you crazy just

how fast the night

changes everything that you ever dreamed

of Disappearing when you wake up but

there's nothing to be afraid of even

when the night

changes it will never change

baby it will never change

baby it will never

change me and

[Music]

you when your legs don't work like they

used to

before and I can't sweep you off of your

[Music]

feet will your mouth still remember the

taste of my

[Music]

love

will your eyes still smile from your

cheeks darling I will be loving you till

a

[Music]

70 and baby

my heart could still for last heart at

[Music]

23 and I'm thinking about how people

Fool in Love in

mysterious

ways maybe just the touch of a

hand well me I fall in love with you

every single

day and I just want to tell you I

am so honey

Now take me into your loving

arm kiss me under the light of a

thousand

stars place your head on my Beating

Heart I'm thinking out loud maybe we

found love right where we

are when my hair's all beun and my

memory

fades

and the crowds don't remember my

name when my hands don't play the

strings the same way M I know you will

still love me the

same cuz honey your soul could never

grow old it's ever

green baby you Smiles forever in my mind

and

memory I'm thinking about how people

fall in love and

mysterious

ways and maybe it's all part of a

plan I'll just keep on making the same

mistake

hoping that you'll

understand the baby

now take me into your loving

[Music]

hearts kiss me under the light of a

thousand

stars place your head on my Bea

heart thinking out love maybe we found

love right where we

[Music]

[Music]

are

so baby

now take me into your loving

arm kiss me under the light of a

thousand stars oh darling place your

head on my beat

heart I'm thinking out loud maybe we

found love right when where we are or

maybe we found love right where we

are and we found love right where we

[Music]

are

[Music]

loving can

[Music]

hurt loving can hurt

sometimes but it's the only thing that I

know when it gets hard

you know it can get hard

sometimes it is the only thing that

makes us feel

alive we keep this love in a

photograph we make these memories for

ourselves where our eyes are never

closing hearts are never broken Time

Forever Frozen

still so you can keep me inside the

paret of your ripped jeans holding me

closer till I eyes me you won't ever be

alone wait for me to come

home loving can

heal loving can mend your

soul and it's the only thing that I know

no I swear it will get

easier remember that with every piece of

you MH and it's the

only we take with us when we

die

M keep this Ling it's

photograph we made these memories for

ourselves where our eyes are never

closing Hearts were never broken times

Forever Frozen

still so you can keep me inside the

paret of your ripped chains holding me

close until I eyes me you won't ever be

alone and if you hurt me that's okay

baby only words please inside these

Pages you just hold me I won't ever let

you

go wait for me to come

home wait for me to come home

home wait for me to come

home wait for me to come

home oh you can fit me inside the neace

you go when you are

16 next to your heartbeat where I should

be keep it deep within your

soul

and if you hurt me well that's okay baby

only words B inside these Pages you just

hold me I won't ever let you

go when I'm

away I will remember how you kissed me

under the lamp post back on Sixth Street

hearing you whisper through the

phone wait for me to come

home

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
darling /ˈdɑːrlɪŋ/ B2	noun - a person who is much loved
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfʊl/ A1	adjective - pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically
whisper /ˈwɪspər/ B2	verb - to speak very softly
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ A2	adjective - having all the required or desirable elements
secret /ˈsiːkrət/ A2	noun - something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown
angel /ˈeɪndʒəl/ B1	noun - a spiritual being
deserve /dɪˈzɜːrv/ B2	verb - to do something worthy of
regret /rɪˈɡret/ B2	noun - a feeling of sadness about something happened
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally deranged or extremely foolish
innocent /ˈɪnɪsnt/ B2	noun - a person who is free from guilt
mysterious /mɪˈstɪəriəs/ B2	adjective - difficult to understand
memory /ˈmeməri/ A2	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores information
photograph /ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf/ A2	noun - a picture made by a camera
heal /hiːl/ B2	verb - to become sound or healthy again
frozen /ˈfrəʊzn/ B1	adjective - turned into ice

Key Grammar Structures

• I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

  ➔ Past Perfect Tense

  ➔ The phrase "never knew" (simple past) indicates an action happening before another past state, emphasizing that the realization occurred after the waiting had already begun.

• I'm dancing in the dark with you between my arms

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The structure "I'm dancing" describes an action that is currently happening in the song's narrative timeline.

• I'll share her home

  ➔ Future Simple (Will)

  ➔ The use of "I'll" (I will) expresses a firm intention or a vision for a future event.

• I've been thinking about it lately

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The structure "I've been thinking" highlights that the action started in the past and has continued up until the present moment.

• Does it ever drive you crazy?

  ➔ Present Simple Interrogative

  ➔ The auxiliary verb "Does" is used to form a question about a recurring state or general truth.

• When your legs don't work like they used to

  ➔ Used to (Past habit)

  ➔ The phrase "used to" indicates an action or state that occurred regularly in the past but is no longer the case.

• I'm thinking out loud

  ➔ Adverbial Phrase

  ➔ "Out loud" functions as an adverbial phrase modifying the verb "thinking," describing the manner in which the subject is thinking.

• We keep this love in a photograph

  ➔ Simple Present (General truth/state)

  ➔ The verb "keep" is in the present simple to express a habitual or enduring state of maintaining their memories.