The Man
Ed Sheeran Lyrics

No I don't wanna hate you
I don't have any ill feelings towards you.

Just wish you'd never gone for the man
I regret that you chose someone else over me.

And waited two weeks at least
I wish you had given yourself some time before moving on.

Before you let him take you
Before you started a new romantic relationship.

I stayed true
I remained loyal to you.

I kind of knew you liked the dude from private school
I suspected that you had feelings for him.

He's waiting for the time to move
He is waiting for an opportunity to start a relationship with you.

I knew he had his eyes on you
I knew he was interested in you.

He's not the right guy for you
I don't believe he is a good match for you.

Don't hate me cause I write the truth
Don't resent me for being honest with you.

No I would never lie to you
I would never deceive you.

But it was never fine to lose you
Losing you was not okay with me.

And what a way to find out
Discovering your relationship with someone else was a painful experience.

It never came from my mouth
I didn't find out from you.

You never changed your mind
You never had a change of heart about our relationship.

But you were just afraid to mind out
You were afraid to let me know how you really felt.

But f- it, I won't be changing the subject I love it
I'm not going to avoid talking about this, even though it's difficult.

I'll make your little secret public its nothing
I'll reveal your secret to other people, but it doesn't matter to me.

I'm just disgusted with the skeletons you sleep with in your closet to get back at me
I'm appalled by the people you have been with in order to hurt me.

Trapped and I'm lacking sleep
I feel stuck and I'm not getting enough rest.

Fact is you're mad at me because I backtrack so casually
You're upset with me because I seem to move on quickly and easily.

You're practically my family
You're like family to me.

If we married then I'll guess you'd have to be
If we were to get married, you would become my family.

But tragically our love just lost the will to live
Unfortunately, our love has died.

But would I kill to give it one more shot
Would I do anything to try to revive our relationship?

I think not
I don't believe it would be possible or worthwhile.

Recently I tend to zone out
Lately, I have been spacing out.

Up in my headphones to Holocene
Listening to the song 'Holocene' in my headphones.

You promised your body but I'm away so much
You offered me physical intimacy, but I'm often away from home.

I stay more celibate than in a monastery
I abstain from sex more than monks do.

Im not cut out for life on the road
I'm not well-suited for a lifestyle that involves a lot of traveling.

'Cause I didn't know I'd miss you this much
I didn't realize I would miss you so terribly.

And at the time we'd just go, so sue me
We were young and foolish, so don't blame me.

I guess I'm not the man that you need
I suppose I am not the right person for you.

Ever since you went to uni
Since you started university.

I've been sofa surfing with a rucksack
I've been sleeping on people's couches with a backpack.

Full of less cash and I guess that could get bad
With very little money, things could get difficult.

But when I broke the industry
But when I became successful in the music industry.

That's when I broke your heart
That's when I hurt you emotionally.

I was supposed to chart and celebrate
I was expected to become popular and celebrate my success.

But good things are over fast
But success can be fleeting.

I know it's hard to deal with and see this
I know it's difficult to accept and understand.

I tend to turn you off and switch on my professional features
I try to ignore my emotions and focus on my professional responsibilities.

Then I turn the music off
Then I stop listening to music.

And all I'm left with is to pick up my personal pieces, Jesus
Then I have to deal with my personal issues alone.

I never really want to believe this
I never really wanted to accept that our relationship was over.

Got advice from my dad and he
My father gave me some advice.

Told me that family is all I'll ever have and need
He said that family is the most important thing in life.

I guess I'm unaware of it
I suppose I didn't fully understand it.

Success is nothing if you have no one left to share it with
Achieving success is meaningless if you don't have anyone to share it with.

And since you left
Since you ended our relationship.

I've given up my days off
I don't take any days off.

It's what I need to stay strong
I feel like I need to work all the time in order to feel emotionally stable.

I know you have a day job
I know you have a regular job.

But mine is 24/7
But my job requires my attention 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

I feel like writing a book
I feel like expressing myself through writing.

I guess I lied in the hook
I realize that what I said in the chorus was not true.

'Cause I still love you and I need you by my side if I could
I still have feelings for you and wish you could be with me.

The irony is if my career and music didn't exist
It's ironic that if I wasn't pursuing my music career,

In 6 years yeah you'd probably be my wife with a kid
You and I would probably be married with a child in 6 years.

I'm frightened to think if I depend on cider and drink
I'm worried about what would happen if I relied on alcohol and drugs.

And lighting a spliff I fall into a spiral and its
If I smoke marijuana, I could fall into a negative cycle.

Just hiding my misguiding thoughts that I'm trying to kill
I'm trying to repress harmful thoughts that I don't want to have.

And I'd be writing my will before I'm 27
I might be at risk of dying before turning 27.

I'll die from a thrill
I could die from taking risks that give me excitement.

Go down in history as just a wasted talent
I could become known as someone who had potential but never fulfilled it.

Can I face the challenge
Am I capable of overcoming these obstacles?

Or did I make a mistake erasing
Did I make a mistake by ending our relationship?

It's only therapy
This is my way of expressing my feelings and working through my problems.

My thoughts just get ahead of me
My mind races and it's difficult to keep up with my own thoughts.

Eventually I'll be fine I know that it was never meant to be
At some point, I will be okay and realize that our relationship was not meant to be.

Either way I guess I'm not prepared
Regardless of the outcome, I don't feel ready.

But I'll say this
But I have one final thing to say.

These things happen for a reason and you can't change
Sometimes things happen that we can't control or change.

Take my apology
Accept my apologies.

I'm sorry for the honesty
I am apologizing for being honest and possibly hurting you.

But I had to get this off my chest
I needed to express my thoughts and feelings.