Thinking Out Loud – English Lyrics

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

Lyrics & Translation

Learning English with Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" is a great choice for students. The song's clear narrative of lifelong love and its use of common phrasal verbs and idioms, such as "thinking out loud" itself, provide practical language learning opportunities. The simple and heartfelt lyrics make it easy for learners to connect with the song's emotions while improving their vocabulary and understanding of storytelling in music.

[English]

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

And I can't sweep you off of your feet

Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?

Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?

And, darling, I will

Be loving you 'til we're 70

...

And, baby, my heart

Could still fall as hard at 23

And I'm thinking 'bout how

People fall 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 wanna tell you I am

So, honey, now

Take me into your loving arms

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 but gone and my memory fades

And the crowds don't remember my name

When my hands don't play the strings the same way, mhm

I know you will still love me the same

'Cause, honey, your soul

Could never grow old, it's evergreen

...

And, baby, your smile's

Forever in my mind and memory

I'm thinking 'bout how

People fall in love in mysterious ways

And maybe it's all part of a plan

Well, I'll just keep on making the same mistakes

Hoping that you'll understand

That, baby, now

Take me into your loving arms

Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars

Place your head on my beating heart

I'm thinking out loud

And maybe we found love right where we are, oh-oh

...

So, baby, now

Take me into your loving arms

Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars

Oh, darling, place your head on my beating heart

I'm thinking out loud

That maybe we found love right where we are

Oh, baby, we found love right where we are

And we found love right where we are

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
legs /leɡz/ A2	noun - limbs used for walking or standing
work /wɜːrk/ A1	verb - to perform tasks or work activity
feet /fiːt/ A2	noun - plural of foot, the part of the body used for standing or walking
mouth /maʊθ/ A2	noun - the opening in the face used for eating, speaking
taste /teɪst/ B1	noun - the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth
eyes /aɪz/ A2	noun - organs of sight used to see
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a facial expression showing happiness
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood and symbolizes emotion
stars /stɑːrz/ A2	noun - celestial objects in the night sky
head /hɛd/ A2	noun - the upper part of the body containing the brain
love (found) /lʌv/ A1	verb - to discover or realize love

Key Grammar Structures

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

  ➔ Past Habitual Action with "used to"

  ➔ The structure "used to" indicates a past habit or state that is no longer true. "Your legs don't work like they "used to" before" means that previously, your legs worked well, but now they don't.

• Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?

  ➔ Future Simple in a question, Conditional clause (implied)

  ➔ The sentence is a question using the future simple tense ("Will" + verb). It also implies a conditional clause: "If we are old, "will" your mouth still remember...?"

• And, darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70

  ➔ Future Continuous tense

  ➔ "I will be loving" describes an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future (until we are 70).

• Could still fall as hard at 23

  ➔ Modal verb "could" expressing possibility

  ➔ "Could" expresses the possibility of something happening. "My heart "could" still fall as hard" suggests that even at 23, the speaker is capable of falling deeply in love.

• Maybe we found love right where we are

  ➔ Past Simple tense, Adverb of place "where"

  ➔ "Found" is the past simple form of "find". "Where" indicates the location where the love was found, which is their present location.

• When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades

  ➔ Present Simple tense, "all but" meaning "almost"

  ➔ "Fades" is the present simple tense. "All but gone" means "almost completely gone." It suggests the hair is nearly gone.

• Cause, honey, your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen

  ➔ Modal verb "could", adjective "evergreen"

  ➔ "Could never" expresses impossibility. "Evergreen" is used metaphorically to describe something that is eternally fresh, beautiful, or relevant.