During a visit to India to see my parents, I first encountered this song. It was late at night, and I was getting ready to sleep. For the past 4 years, I've subscribed to TH-cam premium mainly for Ed Sheeran's unique live versions, which I find special. One night, I stumbled upon a live version of this song (though the Spotify version came later). The combination of the beautiful melody and Ed's voice struck me as incredibly moving. Since then, I've replayed this version and the Spotify version countless times. As a musician, I performed at Seattle's Pike Place Market on June 12, 2023, and included this song in my set. I was aware that not many people might know the song, but playing it brought me immense joy and felt surreal. Thank you god for giving us Ed and his beautiful songs.
He had to ask and the crowd finally respected him to actually listen to his voice, his lyrics, his soul from the subtract album. Very grateful for this one. Special. I understand a person pays to have a great time, perhaps for them that means screaming. My preference, well, would be more of this. To hear what Ed Sheeran has to say. Seems like a very interesting person, if one were to listen.
@@matt3641 he didn’t say not to?? Even said that when he played it before, recording devices were not allowed, but on Sunday night in Paris, he felt comfortable enough playing it to the arena. I was completely quiet and hanging to his every word, as did 18k people. He said at the end “there you go Paris, in 5 years you’ll be able to say you had the first recording of this song!” so clearly, there was no disrespect and he knew what he was doing. Stop judging, you still clicked on the video in the first place.
i love how boat is a stark contrast to tides. Tides was an album opener for equals which sounded huge with the band and this tune is the opener for subtract and has a gentle acoustic guitar and some strings. Super excited for subtract:)
I know...I hope the rest of the world appreciates this less mainstream sound from him. This song is lyrically perfect, and I know when the violins hit in the final chorus(probably, maybe with some vocal layering here and there), I'll lose my shit!
That's why it's called Subtract. Because he's putting out an acoustic only album. Stripped back and raw and emotional. It's why he waited till the end to do it.
Lyrics: I came in for the embers, I stayed out for the breeze I need to feel, elements to remind me There's beauty when it's bleak I struck out long before lights down, when do I breathe? Oh I know, The more that I love the less that I feel The times that I jumped never were real The say that all scars will heal but I know Maybe I wont But the waves won't break my boat x2 Storms crash on the broadwalk, The wind rush through the trees I keep my eyes peeled The memories always fall short, of what we could have been Left out long before last call, what do I need? Oh I know, The more that I love the less that I feel The times that I jumped never were real The say that all scars will heal but I know Maybe I wont But the waves won't break my boat x4 The more that I love the less that I feel The times that I jumped never were real The say that all scars will heal but I know Maybe I wont And the waves won't break my boat
@@henrywayne5724 I know right! This is one of my favourites off his new album and when I saw it had popped up on TH-cam last night I've been non-stop listening.
@@henrywayne5724 Yeah, I managed to get tickets to the Hammersmith Apollo gig. My other favourites were Life Goes On, End Of Youth, No Strings and Hills of Aberfeldy. I'm immensely excited for this album!
@@theedsheeranillusion Omg I've heard so many great things about No Strings. Some are bold to say it's his best love ballad since Perfect! Same case with Aberfeldy. The hype for this album has been insane honestly...
It’s a lovely song with a strong message!! Remember all people go through lots of sadness and depression about loss, illness, loneliness etc. it takes a lot for someone to sing about these personal things in public. I give much love to Ed and family. Hold tight and keep on loving each other!!❤❤❤
Such a beautiful voice and such a beautiful soul! His music makes me go back in time to my childhood years and I feel safe and vulnerable at the same time. Bless you Ed!
This album gets emotional for me... I feel depressed and sad.. It about the lose of your best friend, and your loved one get sick.. When ever I hear eyes closed by ed Sheeran, I feel depressed....
Voy a guardar esto en mi lista de ver más tarde pues no quiero spoilearme absolutamente nada. Creo que vivir la experiencia de Subtract completa vale la pena. 💛
I luv him sssssssm 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ waiting for the whole album to release !!! This song is also beautiful 🥺❤️✨ omggg !! Eyes closed was on loop since the release now it's gonna be "Boat" ✨❤️😌 !! Tyssssssssm for sharing the vid 🥺✨ !!
Thank you...the lyrics sound heartbreaking though I couldn't get some of them because of his accent lol...recording this for us international hoes is cool though, thanks!
His accent is mostly British gibberish and you have to listen carefully to understand him. When I was at his concert last year you also had to listen hard, his voice spread and you have to listen to it really carefully to understand him
It was also easier for me to understand him because I personally use British gibberish a lot, but if you have the opportunity to be at his concert again , just try to listen to his voice very much, you will certainly be able to understand a lot and deduce a lot too
Thank you for uploading this, it really struck a chord in my heart 💔❤💔 Over the past couple of years I've lost my best friend 💖and my dad💙, one due to complications with a long standing illness with no cure and the latter to terminal stomach cancer. My mum has had several health scares but thankfully is on the mend, and I've also had a number of health problems, I nearly died in 2020, not due to COVID, I have Type 1 diabetes (the type that is 🚫 NOT🚫 caused by over eating carbs, sweets/ candy or drinking too many sugary drinks etc... T1 is an auto-immune disease, my own body attacked and killed off all my insulin producing cells in my pancreas at some point around the age of 8-9 years, I was diagnosed at age 10. The time I very nearly died was by far the closest I've been thinking I wasn't going to make it through the night, there paramedics said they were "scooping and running with me to resus as a medical trauma, & they weren't kidding. Blues & two's going, a car actually pulled out right Infront of the ambulance -the paramedic driving language was, let's just say colourful😂 - I was taken straight out the ambulance to RESUS where a medical team was waiting for me. They were all amazing and saved my life that night, it really was the NHS at its best, even that medical team didn't expect me to make it out of there😢 after that I was in any out of consciousness for hours💔❤️🩹
Brilliant song and great video - thanks! Hate to break it to you though, it has been played twice (once at the Union Chapel in London and once at the full preview of Subtract in the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith.
You're not breaking it to me he literally said it in the begining of the video ahah, I meant live debut as in: a fully public arena were recording devices were allowed
ello these are ed's favourite chords. F,am,c,g. I reckon he plays these chords with the guitar tuned a half-step down. Go on and practice if you're playing:))
Ed should be the one to release it, not an entitled person who wants the credit for sharing his newest song first. He shouldn’t have to ask you not to record, you should respect Ed and his artistry enough to allow him the freedom to release this song to the world when he is ready. You’re a disgrace, clearly you have no respect for Ed or his music.
![Ed Sheeran - The Hills of Aberfeldy/The Parting Glass [Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY, 10 April 2023]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MNqgIxSeYQU/mqdefault.jpg)
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During a visit to India to see my parents, I first encountered this song. It was late at night, and I was getting ready to sleep. For the past 4 years, I've subscribed to TH-cam premium mainly for Ed Sheeran's unique live versions, which I find special. One night, I stumbled upon a live version of this song (though the Spotify version came later). The combination of the beautiful melody and Ed's voice struck me as incredibly moving. Since then, I've replayed this version and the Spotify version countless times. As a musician, I performed at Seattle's Pike Place Market on June 12, 2023, and included this song in my set. I was aware that not many people might know the song, but playing it brought me immense joy and felt surreal.
Thank you god for giving us Ed and his beautiful songs.
The Gift
He had to ask and the crowd finally respected him to actually listen to his voice, his lyrics, his soul from the subtract album. Very grateful for this one. Special. I understand a person pays to have a great time, perhaps for them that means screaming. My preference, well, would be more of this. To hear what Ed Sheeran has to say. Seems like a very interesting person, if one were to listen.
Agreed!.He definitely is a interesting person!.
I love Paris crowds for this, it’s the one thing we can do 🙏🏻
@@matt3641 he didn’t say not to?? Even said that when he played it before, recording devices were not allowed, but on Sunday night in Paris, he felt comfortable enough playing it to the arena. I was completely quiet and hanging to his every word, as did 18k people. He said at the end “there you go Paris, in 5 years you’ll be able to say you had the first recording of this song!” so clearly, there was no disrespect and he knew what he was doing. Stop judging, you still clicked on the video in the first place.
An enormous heart! Respect 🙌💯🌻❤️
@Matt yet here you are listening to it, can't you just say thanks for sharing 🤔 ?
Ed + Guitar = Everything ❤
i love how boat is a stark contrast to tides. Tides was an album opener for equals which sounded huge with the band and this tune is the opener for subtract and has a gentle acoustic guitar and some strings. Super excited for subtract:)
I know...I hope the rest of the world appreciates this less mainstream sound from him. This song is lyrically perfect, and I know when the violins hit in the final chorus(probably, maybe with some vocal layering here and there), I'll lose my shit!
That's why it's called Subtract. Because he's putting out an acoustic only album. Stripped back and raw and emotional. It's why he waited till the end to do it.
His album will be the therapy i never knew i needed 😭🥺🫶
Ikrrr 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
Lyrics:
I came in for the embers, I stayed out for the breeze
I need to feel, elements to remind me
There's beauty when it's bleak
I struck out long before lights down, when do I breathe?
Oh I know,
The more that I love the less that I feel
The times that I jumped never were real
The say that all scars will heal but I know
Maybe I wont
But the waves won't break my boat x2
Storms crash on the broadwalk,
The wind rush through the trees
I keep my eyes peeled
The memories always fall short, of what we could have been
Left out long before last call, what do I need?
Oh I know,
The more that I love the less that I feel
The times that I jumped never were real
The say that all scars will heal but I know
Maybe I wont
But the waves won't break my boat x4
The more that I love the less that I feel
The times that I jumped never were real
The say that all scars will heal but I know
Maybe I wont
And the waves won't break my boat
Omg these lyrics are so so poetic...Is this Ed lmao?
@@henrywayne5724 I know right! This is one of my favourites off his new album and when I saw it had popped up on TH-cam last night I've been non-stop listening.
@@theedsheeranillusion Oohhh, did you go to the Subtract gigs? What other songs were your faves?
@@henrywayne5724 Yeah, I managed to get tickets to the Hammersmith Apollo gig. My other favourites were Life Goes On, End Of Youth, No Strings and Hills of Aberfeldy. I'm immensely excited for this album!
@@theedsheeranillusion Omg I've heard so many great things about No Strings. Some are bold to say it's his best love ballad since Perfect! Same case with Aberfeldy. The hype for this album has been insane honestly...
It’s a lovely song with a strong message!! Remember all people go through lots of sadness and depression about loss, illness, loneliness etc. it takes a lot for someone to sing about these personal things in public. I give much love to Ed and family. Hold tight and keep on loving each other!!❤❤❤
He has the warmest voice his lyrics are second to none he creates emotions that touch your heart and the music hugs you ❤
‘You say those scars will heal’ I hope everything will turn out alright too.
Love this song
Ed Sheeran makes me feel something in the world where we all feel lost all the time.
Awesome baby
he really meant it when he said that this album will only be he and his guitar! already loving this🧡
this is one of the songs I can't stop listening to Well done Ed
Such a beautiful voice and such a beautiful soul! His music makes me go back in time to my childhood years and I feel safe and vulnerable at the same time. Bless you Ed!
this is really getting me excited for his new album and love how grounded and real it sounds like his earlier albums
I closed my eyes..listened and felt the rhythm of the waves..Love this!
This album gets emotional for me...
I feel depressed and sad..
It about the lose of your best friend, and your loved one get sick..
When ever I hear eyes closed by ed Sheeran, I feel depressed....
Absolutely stunning-Thanks for not making me have to wait for the release of this incredible song!!.
Another wonderful sad song from this maestro. Loved it!
Wow, what a gift for that audience and us
Subtract album is a very emotional album..💛❤️
Definetely agree
Ikrr 😭❤️✨
Thank you so much for sharing this. Since you uploaded I can''t stop listening to the song. Beautiful song.
Yet another masterpiece.. This is the “First Times” of the album. Thanks Ed ❤️
It's such a beautiful song! Thanks for uploading!
That is a beautiful song!!
HAHAHA le "oh ta gueule" au début tellement mérité (merci pour la vidéo purée incroyable)
LES GENS VRAIMENT
So glad I could be there! It was a truly amazing night
Voy a guardar esto en mi lista de ver más tarde pues no quiero spoilearme absolutamente nada. Creo que vivir la experiencia de Subtract completa vale la pena. 💛
I luv him sssssssm 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ waiting for the whole album to release !!! This song is also beautiful 🥺❤️✨ omggg !! Eyes closed was on loop since the release now it's gonna be "Boat" ✨❤️😌 !! Tyssssssssm for sharing the vid 🥺✨ !!
His voice is UNREAL!!
That will be a huge hit, I just love Ed's music 👍💟
This song is so special! Meaningful and Beautiful💕💕
Thank you for sharing this video! 😍
I look forward to his SUBTRACT album! 💿💿💿
This sets my expectations for Subtract release real high
Here before it drops tomorrow...thank you Gaelle for keeping us fed before the official release of the song.
So very special. Thank you, Ed!
Thanks for sharing!! So wonderful ❤
Thank you for recording it!
Absolutely beautiful
Beautiful song ... thanks for sharing ❤
Finally! Great new stuff from Ed
Köszönöm szépen ezt a szomorú dalt!
Thanks it s a gift for us.
3 concerts, 3 days in a raw in Brisbane on Suncorp stadium a month ago. That was spectacular.
amazing audio quality 👍
Goosebumps
On repeat since the day it came!
Fucking love that he is wearing Ipswich kit proud!!! ITFC!!!
I mean... this is just sooooo good. Wow.
I love how the crowd actually respected the song and listened quietly except for that one girl who was like this is my chance “I love you!”
I was there too- it was AMAZING!! 😍 Looking forward to hear boat tomorrow on Spotify 💙😘
I was there, this moment was so moving and powerful at the same time and beautiful too 😍❤️
Il était incroyable le concert ! Cian Ducrot, Vianney, une chanson en exclue, +2h d'Ed Sheeran avec une ambiance de fou, non c'était trop bien 🤩
J’y était aussi c’était vraiment incroyable
beautiful song
With every fiber of my being this is Sara Meincke Tubbs saying thank you for loving me you make my heart full
Thank you so much for sharing!
Lovely song
+'s vibes🔥🔥
❤❤❤❤ im speechless
Le "Mais ferme ta gueule là !!" Il était incr !
love
Magic.
This one looks good
Omg so amazing…. 💛💛💛🫶🏻🫶🏻
Eyes closed is my top 1.
Thank you for sharing!!
1:26 Replay button
hope its like + since it was meant to be 2nd
That one girl screaming after he asks everyone to shush is why I hate humanity.
She’s lucky she wasn’t standing next to me, security would have been needed 😡
So so beautiful❤❤
Thank you...the lyrics sound heartbreaking though I couldn't get some of them because of his accent lol...recording this for us international hoes is cool though, thanks!
His accent is mostly British gibberish and you have to listen carefully to understand him. When I was at his concert last year you also had to listen hard, his voice spread and you have to listen to it really carefully to understand him
It was also easier for me to understand him because I personally use British gibberish a lot, but if you have the opportunity to be at his concert again , just try to listen to his voice very much, you will certainly be able to understand a lot and deduce a lot too
AMAZING ❤
You are amazing just got hired for an emt counselor with the modeling 2
Wow ed go ed 0:39 love boat 🙏🏻
すげーよ
I WAS HERE FROM ITALY
Very good
Thank you for uploading this, it really struck a chord in my heart 💔❤💔 Over the past couple of years I've lost my best friend 💖and my dad💙, one due to complications with a long standing illness with no cure and the latter to terminal stomach cancer. My mum has had several health scares but thankfully is on the mend, and I've also had a number of health problems, I nearly died in 2020, not due to COVID, I have Type 1 diabetes (the type that is 🚫 NOT🚫 caused by over eating carbs, sweets/ candy or drinking too many sugary drinks etc... T1 is an auto-immune disease, my own body attacked and killed off all my insulin producing cells in my pancreas at some point around the age of 8-9 years, I was diagnosed at age 10. The time I very nearly died was by far the closest I've been thinking I wasn't going to make it through the night, there paramedics said they were "scooping and running with me to resus as a medical trauma, & they weren't kidding. Blues & two's going, a car actually pulled out right Infront of the ambulance -the paramedic driving language was, let's just say colourful😂 - I was taken straight out the ambulance to RESUS where a medical team was waiting for me. They were all amazing and saved my life that night, it really was the NHS at its best, even that medical team didn't expect me to make it out of there😢 after that I was in any out of consciousness for hours💔❤️🩹
Thanks ❤ who has full lyrics for this song?
I saw somebody put the lyrics in this comment section... Hope u get it !! ✨
This song bought me back to his earlier works 🥲
I won’t be watching the whole video. I want to officially hear it for the first time when it releases.
Le "ta gueule" au début est magique 😂
Nice!
😍😭
But The Waves Wont Break My Boat
Someone Crashing my
Wind Rushing trough the Trees
My eyes Feel
Never been asponsher
What we Could Of been
Chap gpt written?
Brilliant song and great video - thanks! Hate to break it to you though, it has been played twice (once at the Union Chapel in London and once at the full preview of Subtract in the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith.
Were phones allowed in those locations?
You're not breaking it to me he literally said it in the begining of the video ahah, I meant live debut as in: a fully public arena were recording devices were allowed
Nice listening skills 😂
Been there
Hung up 😢 1:06
Seems like Subtract will be more of an emotional experience and less Pop like most of his albums.
What are the cords to this song?
🥰
¡¡Qué hermoso Mr.🥰🤗!!🥰😄😇😍🤩
Getting One Call Away Vibrs.
Proper tractorboy 🚜💙
anybody knows the chords for that?
ello these are ed's favourite chords. F,am,c,g. I reckon he plays these chords with the guitar tuned a half-step down. Go on and practice if you're playing:))
didnt he ask not to film?
Nope, I even left the speech at the beginning
Ed should be the one to release it, not an entitled person who wants the credit for sharing his newest song first. He shouldn’t have to ask you not to record, you should respect Ed and his artistry enough to allow him the freedom to release this song to the world when he is ready. You’re a disgrace, clearly you have no respect for Ed or his music.
Didn't he just intro this with trusting us NOT to film and release?
No! Hope that helps.
He said nothing about filming and releasing, he legit said he is choose to sing it cause he loves Paris, obviously he knows people would film it
Hate when the crowd obnoxiously cheers over songs