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Riff: Ed Sheeran – “Lego House”

Jun 25, 2013

I’m gonna paint you by numbers and color you in/If things go right we can frame it and put you on a wall/And it’s so hard to say it but I’ve been here before/And I’ll surrender up my heart and swap it for yours

from Lego House lyrics by Ed Sheeran

In the pocket pop dribble, the bemoaning of how hard it would be without a companion in life – someone to build and grow with. It’s enough to make you spit-up in your mouth or laugh to the point of involuntary urination. But what really puts this over the top is the Paint By Numbers analogy.

 

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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