Photograph – English Lyrics

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

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Ed Sheeran's tender ballad, "Photograph," a song rich with descriptive English lyrics that paint a vivid picture of longing and enduring love through memory. Learning this song is special because its simple, heartfelt narrative about holding onto moments via a photograph offers a beautiful, relatable masterclass in conveying deep emotion through accessible vocabulary.

[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.