Save Myself

Album: ÷ (2017)
Charted: 19
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  • I gave all my oxygen to people that could breathe
    I gave away my money and now we don't even speak
    I drove miles and miles, but would you do the same for me?
    Oh, honestly?
    Offered off my shoulder just for you to cry upon
    Gave you constant shelter and a bed to keep you warm
    They gave me the heartache and in return I gave a song
    It goes on and on

    Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels
    I drown it with a drink and out-of-date prescription pills
    And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf
    No farewell
    So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself

    I gave you all my energy and I took away your pain
    'Cause human beings are destined to radiate or dream
    What line do we stand upon 'cause from here looks the same?
    And only scars remain

    Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels
    I drown it with a drink and out-of-date prescription pills
    And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf
    No farewell
    So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself

    But if don't
    Then I'll go back
    To where I'm rescuing a stranger
    Just because they needed saving just like that
    Oh, I'm here again
    Between the devil and the danger
    But I guess it's just my nature
    My dad was wrong
    'Cause I'm not like my mum
    'Cause she'd just smile and I'm complaining in a song
    But it helps
    So before I save someone else
    I've got to save myself

    Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels
    I drown it with a drink and out-of-date prescription pills
    And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf
    No farewell
    So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself
    And before I blame someone else, I've got to save myself
    And before I love someone else, I've got to love myself Writer/s: Amy Victoria Wadge, Amy Wadge, Ed Sheeran, Edward Christopher Sheeran, Timothy Lee McKenzie, Timothy Mckenzie
    Publisher: BDI Music Limited, BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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