Ed Sheeran new song Eyes Closed: Lyrics, music video and meaning revealed
24 March 2023, 08:14 | Updated: 24 March 2023, 15:12
Ed Sheeran's new song, Eyes Closed, is a tribute to his best friend Jamal Edwards following his sudden death last year.
Ed Sheeran, 32, dropped his new single Eyes Closed this week ahead of the release of his new album Subtract.
The song is about is a tribute to Ed's best friend and the man that helped launch his career, Jamal Edwards, who suddenly passed away last year.
Eye Closed features in the first trailer of Ed's new Disney+ documentary Ed Sheeran: The Sum Of It All, which will explore his rise to fame as well as his more recent heartbreak over the loss of his friend and finding out his wife, Cherry Seaborn, had a tumour while pregnant with their second child.
From the lyrics to the meaning to the release date, here's everything we know about Ed Sheeran's new song.
What is Eyes Closed about?
Ed recently shared with his fans the meaning behind the new song, which will feature on the album Subtract.
In an Instagram post, Ed said the track was about "losing someone" and is believed to be about the death of his friend Jamal Edwards.
He wrote to his fans: "This song is about losing someone, feeling like every time you go out and you expect to just bump into them, and every thing just reminds you of them and things you did together.
“You sorta have to take yourself out of reality sometimes to numb the pain of loss, but certain things just bring you right back into it.”
What is the meaning behind the blue animal in the Eyes Closed music video?
In the music video for Eyes Closed, Ed can be seen being followed by a big blue fluffy animal while he visits a bar, heads to a takeaway shop and then walks home.
It is believed that the animal is a tribute to Jamal and symbolises the grief people carry with them following the loss of a loved one.
Ed previously explained that blue was Jamal's favourite colour, which is why his grief is depicted with the giant blue animal.
In the final scenes of the music video, other people's fluffy animals can be seen standing next to them, which is believed to symbolise the fact that everyone is carrying on with their lives with their own form of grief.
What are the lyrics of Ed Sheeran's new song Eyes Closed?
[Verse 1]
I know it's a bad idea
But how can I help myself?
Been inside for most this year
And I thought a few drinks, they might help
It's been a while my dear
Dealing with the cards life dealt
I'm still holding back these tears
While my friends are somewhere else
[Pre-Chorus]
I pictured this year a little bit different when it hit February
I step in the bar, it hit me so hard
Oh how can it be this heavy?
Every song reminds me you're gone
And I feel thе lump form in my throat
'Cause I'm here alonе
[Chorus]
Just dancing with my eyes closed
'Cause everywhere I look I still see you
Time is moving so slow
And I don't know what else that I can do
So I'll keep dancing with my
[Post-Chorus]
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Eye-ye-eye-eyes closed
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Oh, I keep dancin' with my
[Verse 2]
Delusion is here again
And I think you'll come home soon
A word brings me right back in
Then it's only me that’s in this room
I guess I could just pretend
The colours are more than blue
But I lost more than my friend
I can't help but missing you
[Pre-Chorus]
I pictured this month a little bit different no one is ever ready
And when it unfolds you get in a hole
Oh how can it be this heavy?
Everything changes, nothing’s the same
Except the truth is now you’re gone
And life just goes on
[Chorus]
So I'm dancin' with my eyes closed
'Cause everywhere I look, I still see you
Time is movin' so slow
And I don't know what else that I can do
So I'll keep dancin' with my
[Post-Chorus]
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Eye-ye-eye-eyes closed
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Oh, I'll keep dancin' with my
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Eye-ye-eye-eyes closed
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Oh, I'll keep dancin' with my
[Bridge]
They're shutting the bar, they're cleaning the floors
And everyone is already home
But I'm on my own
[Chorus]
Just dancin' with my eyes closed
'Cause everywhere I look, I still see you
Time is movin' so slow
And I don't know what else that I can do
So I keep dancin' with my
Oh, I keep dancin' with my[Post-Chorus]
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Eye-ye-eye-eyes closed
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Oh, I keep dancin' with my
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Eye-ye-eye-eyes closed
Eye-ye-eye-eyes
Eyes Closed music video
You can watch the music video for Eyes Closed here:
Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed [Official Video]
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