Photograph – English Lyrics

• By: Ed Sheeran
• Album: X (multiply)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Ed Sheeran's heartfelt ballad, "Photograph," and discover how this song beautifully encapsulates the complexities of love and separation. By exploring Sheeran's poignant lyrics, you'll gain insight into expressing emotions, understanding metaphors, and appreciating the power of memories, all while improving your English vocabulary and comprehension.

[English]

[♪♪♪]

♪ Loving can hurt ♪

♪ Loving can hurt sometimes ♪

♪ But it's the only thing ♪

♪ That I know ♪

♪ And when it gets hard ♪

♪ You know, it can get hard sometimes ♪

♪ It is the only thing that makes us feel alive ♪

[BABY SQUEALS]

♪ We keep this love in a photograph ♪

♪ We made these memories for ourselves ♪

♪ Where our eyes are never closing ♪

♪ Hearts are never broken ♪

♪ And time's forever frozen still ♪

♪ So you can keep me ♪

♪ Inside the pocket ♪

♪ Of your ripped jeans ♪

♪ Holdin' me closer ♪

♪ Till our eyes meet ♪

♪ You won't ever be alone ♪

♪ Wait for me to come home ♪

[BELL RINGS]

♪ Loving can heal ♪

♪ Loving can mend your soul ♪

♪ And it's the only thing ♪

♪ That I know, know ♪

♪ I swear it will get easier ♪

♪ Remember that with every piece of ya ♪

♪ And it's the only thing we take with us when we die ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ We keep this love in a photograph ♪

♪ We make these memories for ourselves ♪

♪ Where our eyes are never closing ♪

♪ Our hearts were never broken ♪

♪ And time's forever frozen still ♪

[HE LAUGHS]

♪ So you can keep me ♪

♪ Inside the pocket ♪

♪ Of your ripped jeans ♪

♪ Holdin' me closer ♪

♪ Till our eyes meet ♪

♪ You won't ever be alone ♪

♪ And if you hurt me ♪

♪ Well that's OK, baby, only words bleed ♪

♪ Inside these pages you just hold me ♪

♪ And I won't ever let you go ♪

♪ Wait for me to come home ♪

♪ Wait for me to come home ♪

♪ Wait for me to come home ♪

♪ Wait for me to come home ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Oh, you can fit me ♪

♪ Inside the necklace you got ♪

♪ When you were 16 ♪

♪ Next to your heartbeat ♪

♪ Where I should be ♪

Finished!

♪ Keep it deep within your soul ♪

♪ And if you hurt me ♪

♪ Well that's OK, baby, only words bleed ♪

♪ Inside these pages you just hold me ♪

♪ And I won't ever let you go ♪

♪ When I'm away ♪

♪ I will remember how you kissed me ♪

♪ Under the lamppost back on 6th street ♪

♪ Hearing you whisper through the phone ♪

[MAN]: You at the top of the mountain?

♪ Wait for me to come home ♪

[PIANO CHORDS RESOLVE]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain or injury
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of something
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - difficult
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
alive /əˈlaɪv/ B1	adjective - living; not dead
keep /kiːp/ A1	verb - to retain possession of
photograph /ˈfoʊtəɡræf/ A2	noun - a picture made using a camera
memories /ˈmeməriz/ A2	noun - something remembered from the past
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs used for seeing
hearts /hɑːrts/ A1	noun - organs that pump blood
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ A2	adjective - having been fractured or damaged
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence
frozen /ˈfroʊzən/ B1	adjective - turned into ice; having been frozen
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to remain in place or postpone an action until a particular time or event
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
heal /hiːl/ B1	verb - to become sound or healthy again
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal
bleed /bliːd/ B2	verb - to lose blood

Key Grammar Structures

• Loving can hurt sometimes.

  ➔ Modal verbs (can) for ability or possibility.

  ➔ The phrase "Loving can hurt" uses the modal verb "can" to express that love has the potential to cause pain.

• We keep this love in a photograph.

  ➔ Present simple tense for habitual actions.

  ➔ The sentence "We keep this love in a photograph" uses the present simple tense to indicate a regular action of preserving love.

• You won't ever be alone.

  ➔ Future simple tense with negation.

  ➔ The phrase "You won't ever be alone" uses the future simple tense with negation to express a promise of companionship.

• And if you hurt me, well that's OK.

  ➔ Conditional sentences (if clauses).

  ➔ The phrase "And if you hurt me, well that's OK" uses a conditional structure to express acceptance of potential pain.

• I will remember how you kissed me.

  ➔ Future simple tense for intentions.

  ➔ The sentence "I will remember how you kissed me" uses the future simple tense to express an intention to recall a memory.

• Keep it deep within your soul.

  ➔ Imperative mood for commands.

  ➔ The phrase "Keep it deep within your soul" uses the imperative mood to give a command to preserve feelings.