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Ed Sheeran, Celestial: the song lyrics & the meaning

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Celestial is a song released by Ed Sheeran on September 2022. As often happens with the British singer, the track became immediately viral, and people got curious to read the lyrics and understand their meaning. This article will provide all answers, and you’ll also find the complete lyrics at the end.

You can find the official video below.

Ed Sheeran, Pokémon - Celestial [Official Video]
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Celestial: inside the lyrics and their meaning

Celestial is a love song where the singer describes how the significant one makes him feel good. From the song’s lyrics, we understand that Ed Sheeran’s nature tends to damage the harmony and beauty that love usually brings to life. But the presence of the girl she loves keeps all troubles away.

There is a recurrent symbol in Ed Sheeran’s poetry:

Hearts balanced on a razor blade

As Genius points out, Ed Sheeran used this metaphor already in his 2017’s song What Do I Know, describing the precarious balance between two parts of himself. Here the line intends to explain how human nature leads us to break that balance from time to time:

We are designed to love and break
And to rinse and repeat it all again

But we don’t have to take it as a self-fulfilling prophecy: love can fix this, and that’s how the singer sees the presence of his girl in his life. Her arms are there behind the clouds, trying to reach him. And that will keep away all the troubles he has inside his heart.

I know your arms are reachin’ out
From somewhere beyond the clouds

You can feel the progression inside Celestial lyrics: the song’s beginning mentions razor blades & troubles, but then the beauty of love breaks through the clouds, and the chorus becomes a happy description of the feelings the singer has when he feels wrapped by her passion.

You make me feel
Like my troubled heart is a million miles away
You make me feel
Like I’m drunk on stars and we’re dancing out in the space
Celestial
Celestial

Celestial is the word that represents the peak of the beautiful feelings he has. Love reassures him and keeps the doubts away. Reading the song’s lyrics, we sense how Ed Sheeran needs this kind of reassurance: the second part of the song describes how he wants to believe that love is the real purpose of our life, the actual reason why we live:

We were made to be nothin’ more than this
Findin’ magic in all the smallest things
The way we notice, that’s what really matters
Let’s make tonight go on and on and on

That becomes the real meaning behind Celestial lyrics: there is a dark side inside me that breaks things from time to time, and it scares me. But the truth is that I need your love; I need you to keep my demons away. And among your arms, I feel in heaven.

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The complete lyrics

You see tonight, it could go either way
Hearts balanced on a razor blade
We are designed to love and break
And to rinse and repeat it all again

I get stuck when the world’s too loud
And things don’t look up when you’re goin’ down
I know your arms are reachin’ out
From somewhere beyond the clouds

You make me feel
Like my troubled heart is a million miles away
You make me feel
Like I’m drunk on stars and we’re dancing out in the space
Celestial
Celestial

I see the light shining through the rain
A thousand colours in a brighter shade
Needed to rise from the lowest place
There’s silver lining that surrounds the grey

When I get lost, will you come back around?
Things don’t look up when you’re goin’ down
I know your arms, they are reachin’ out
From somewhere beyond the clouds

You make me feel
Like my troubled heart is a million miles away
You make me feel
Like I’m drunk on stars and we’re dancing out in the space
Celestial
Celestial, oh

We were made to be nothin’ more than this
Findin’ magic in all the smallest things
The way we notice, that’s what really matters
Let’s make tonight go on and on and on
(You make me feel) We were made to be nothin’ more than this
Findin’ magic in all the smallest things
(You make me feel) The way we notice, that’s what really matters
Let’s make tonight go on and on and on

You make me feel
Like my troubled heart is a million miles away
You make me feel
Like I’m drunk on stars and we’re dancing out in the space
Celestial, ohh
Celestial, ohh
Celestial, ohh

We were made to be nothin’ more than this
Findin’ magic in all the smallest things (Celestial, ohh)
The way we notice, that’s what really matters is
Make tonight go on and on and on
Celestial

Published by Carlo Affatigato

Carlo has been a web content creator for over 10 years. He founded Auralcrave in 2015, envisioning it as a new space capable of offering different perspectives on topics that passionate all of us. With a scientific background, Carlo developed an interest in music, cinema, literature, and art at a young age, transforming it into a complementary dimension to his professional growth. For years, he was a music journalist specializing in electronic and dance music, writing for the most important Italian magazines (both online and print). Movies and TV series have been a true obsession in many phases of his life: during university, it was not uncommon for him to set the alarm in the middle of the night to watch classic films airing on TV. With the advent of the Internet, Carlo became a keen observer of web and social phenomena, addressing light topics such as advertising, trends, fashion, and general themes. He is the main author of Auralcrave and personally manages its social media, editorial line, book publication, resource management, and business expansion. A former engineer, life coach, husband, and father, he believes that every area of knowledge has interesting stories that deserve to be told and is convinced that doing so makes the world a better place.