Thinking Out Loud – English Lyrics

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

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the emotional depth of Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud," a modern classic that beautifully portrays everlasting love. This song offers a rich vocabulary for expressing deep affection and commitment, making it an excellent choice for language learners to grasp romantic expressions and conversational phrases within a universally relatable theme of growing old together.

[English]

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♪ 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 ♪

♪ Darlin, I will be lovin' you ♪

♪ Till we're seventy ♪

♪ And baby, my heart ♪

♪ Could still fall as hard at 23 ♪

♪ And I'm thinking about 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 lovin' 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 ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ I know you will still love me the same ♪

♪ Cos honey, your soul ♪

♪ Could never grow old ♪

♪ It's evergreen ♪

♪ And baby your smile's ♪

♪ Forever in my mind and memory ♪

♪ I'm thinking about how ♪

♪ People fall in love in mysterious ways ♪

♪ And maybe it's all part of a plan ♪

♪ I'll just keep on making the same mistakes ♪

♪ Hoping that you'll understand ♪

♪ That baby, now ♪

♪ Take me into your lovin' arms ♪

♪ Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars ♪

♪ Place your head on my beating heart ♪

♪ Thinking out loud ♪

♪ That maybe we found love ♪

♪ Right where we are ♪

[♪♪♪]

♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ So baby, now ♪

♪ Take me into your lovin' arms ♪

♪ Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars ♪

♪ Oh darling ♪

♪ Place your head on my beating heart ♪

♪ Thinking out loud ♪

♪ Maybe we found love ♪

♪ Right where we are ♪

♪ Baby, we found love ♪

♪ Right where we are ♪

♪ And we found love right where we are ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
work /wɜːrk/ A1	verb - to perform a job noun - activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result
legs /lɛɡz/ A1	noun - the limbs that support the body
taste /teɪst/ A2	noun - the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance. verb - perceive or experience the flavor of
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs used for seeing
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - to express happiness with upturned corners of the mouth noun - a facial expression indicating happiness
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to drop to the ground verb - to come to pass noun - autumn
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	verb - to come into contact with noun - the sense of feeling
arms /ɑːrmz/ A1	noun - limbs of the human body
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - electromagnetic radiation that allows sight adjective - not heavy
head /hed/ A1	noun - the part of the body above the neck
memory /ˈmɛməri/ B1	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or words by which someone or something is known verb - give a name to
strings /strɪŋz/ B1	noun - thin lines of material used to tie or support something; or, on instruments, vibrate to make sound
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal
mistakes /mɪˈsteɪks/ B1	noun - an action or judgment that is misguided or wrong.
loud /laʊd/ A2	adjective - producing much noise
mysterious /mɪˈstɪriəs/ B2	adjective - difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.
evergreen /ˈevərɡriːn/ B2	adjective - (of plants) having green leaves throughout the year.

Key Grammar Structures

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

  ➔ Relative Clause + used to

  ➔ This sentence uses a relative clause "like they used to before" to describe "how your legs used to work". "Used to" indicates a past habit or state that is no longer true. The phrase "used to" plus a verb describes a habit, condition or thing that was normal in the past but is now different.

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

  ➔ Future Simple (Will) - Interrogative

  ➔ This is a question in the future simple tense, using "will" to inquire about a future action. It is asking about the future ability to remember.

• Darlin, I will be lovin' you till we're seventy

  ➔ Future Continuous (will be + -ing)

  ➔ The future continuous tense "will be lovin'" expresses an action that will be in progress at a specific time or over a period in the future. In this case, it signifies that the act of loving will continue up to and potentially beyond the age of seventy.

• And baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23

  ➔ Modal verb (could) + Adverb of degree (as hard)

  ➔ "Could" expresses possibility or conditional probability. "As hard" is used as an adverb of degree, indicating the intensity of the action. It suggests the heart might still be capable of falling in love with the same intensity as when the speaker was 23.

• People fall in love in mysterious ways

  ➔ Simple Present (general truth)

  ➔ The simple present tense describes a general truth or a habitual action. Here, it describes the general phenomenon of people falling in love in ways that are often inexplicable.

• Maybe just the touch of a hand

  ➔ Ellipsis (Omission of Verb)

  ➔ The verb is omitted for brevity. The complete sentence might be 'Maybe it is just the touch of a hand'. This is a common stylistic feature in informal speech and song lyrics.

• I know you will still love me the same

  ➔ Future Simple (will) + Adverb of Manner (the same)

  ➔ "Will" is used for future prediction. "The same" is an adverb of manner, indicating how the loving will happen.

• Cos honey, your soul could never grow old

  ➔ Modal Verb (could) + Adverb (never)

  ➔ "Could" expresses possibility or capability. "Never" is an adverb of frequency denoting that something will not happen at any time. Combined, they indicate that it's impossible for the soul to age.