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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ed Sheeran
Lead Vocals
Aaron Dessner
Guitar
James McAlister
Synthesizer
Bryan Devendorf
Drums
Rob Moose
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ed Sheeran
Songwriter
Aaron Dessner
Songwriter
Rob Moose
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Aaron Dessner
Producer
James McAlister
Recording Engineer
Bella Blasko
Recording Engineer
Jonathan Low
Mixing Engineer
Randy Merrill
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm a half-read story
I was fine on the shelf
Why did you take me down
As if I needed your help?
No prior warning
No one to catch when I fell
Now that you're not around
I'm not doing so well
[PreChorus]
Do I look like a monster
Underneath all my skin?
I wanna cut all this open
Till I'm feeling something
Now I'm tracing the cracks
So I can let the light in
I'm in love with the ghost of you
[Chorus]
Better luck next year
There's nothing left here
Why am I constantly searching, feeling unsettled?
Living in Hell, pretending it's Heaven
Head spin
Maybe I'm destined to be
Always lonely, alone, a loser, pathetic
Maybe tomorrow will be better
But I'm stuck on the page
But I'm stuck on the page
But I'm stuck on the page
[Verse 2]
I'm a half-read story
Better off in the fire
Now I feel like the fool
Haunted by desire
For a moment of glory
I would risk all I am
I look at what we had
And I don't understand
[PreChorus]
Do I look like a monster
Underneath all my skin?
I wanna cut all this open
Till I'm feeling something
Now I'm chasing the cracks
Till I can let the light in
I'm in love with the ghost of you
[Chorus]
Better luck next year
There's nothing left here
Why am I constantly searching, feeling unsettled?
Living in Hell, pretending it's Heaven
Head spin
Maybe I'm destined to be
Always lonely, alone, a loser, pathetic
Maybe tomorrow will be better
But I'm stuck on the page
But I'm stuck on the page
But I'm stuck on the page
But I'm stuck on the page
Written by: Aaron Dessner, Ed Sheeran