+ (album) by Ed Sheeran

A late review? Idk, man. I don't care. Yes, man. I knew that x will come out this year. Ini kepikiran buat nulis gara-gara lagu One yang bakalan ada di x yang katanya bakal jadi lagu terakhir tentang Alice. :')
I mean, dude. Seriously. I feel like I have to thank her for the + album. Without her maybe Ed will never wrote those songs called Lego House or Sunburn or Give Me Love or the rest of his songs. ☺

1. The A Team

Well, we all know that this song is about a prostitute and then she died. End of the story.

And they say she's in the Class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since eighteen but lately 
Her face seems, slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
The worst things in life come free to us

2. Drunk

About Alice? I don't know. It's about breaking up.

And I've got no plans for the weekend
So shall we speak then
Keep it between friends
Though I know you'll never love me like you used to.

You know that feeling when you broke up with someone you really love and that just broke your heart into pieces that you don't want to know anything so you just be drunk instead to feel a little love.

3. U. N. I.

At first, I thought the UNI is pronounced like 'uni' as in the 'university'. But then I listened it, and knowing that it pronounced as 'you and I'. This song is about breaking up too. And I love the intro:

I found your hairband on my bedroom floor,
The only evidence that you've been here before
And I don't get waves of missing you anymore,
They're more like tsunami tides in my eyes
Never getting dry, so I get high, 
smoke away the days never sleep with the light on
Weeks pass in the blink of an eye,
And I'm still drunk at the end of the night
I don't drink like everybody else,
I do it to forget things about myself,
Stumble and fall with the head spin I got
My mind's with you but my heart's just not

So am I close to you anymore, if it's over
And there's no chance that we'll work it out

That's why you and I ended over U N I

And I said that's fine, but you're the only one that knows I lied

This song has its story line. You know if you really listen to the lyrics, it just heartbreaking.

4. Grade 8

This song is about falling in love (Yeay! Finally bukan lagu galau :D).

Your strumming on my heart strings like you were a grade 8
but i never felt this way,
I'll pick your feet up off of the ground and never ever let you down

Why do I love Ed that much? Jago nyekil, bok! :">

Your body is my ballpoint pen
And your mind is my new best friend,
Your eyes are the mirror to take me to the edge again,

5. Wake Me Up

WAH YANG INI WAJIB DENGER, ASLI!

Bingung mau nyantumin liriknya yang mana.

And you will never know
Just how beautiful you are to me
But maybe I'm just in love
When you wake me up

This song has its story line too. And it's really clear like he tells a story with a song. It's flashing back some memories. And it just beautiful.

And I know you love Shrek
Because we've watched it 12 times
And maybe we're hoping for a fairytale too

The first time I heard this song, I smiled a lot like seriously. Imagining those things like how sweet it is. ♥

6. Small Bump

It's about.... an unborn baby. :-)

You’re just a small bump unborn
In four months you’re brought to life

I don't know man, but I found it attractive when a boy playing around with children. :D

Fingernails the size of a half grain of rice
And eyelids closed to be soon open wide
A small bump, 
In four months you’ll open your eyes

7. This

You start to fall again with that someone.

This is the start of something beautiful
This is the start of something new
You are the one that will make me lose it all
You are the start of something new

...someone that you used to know.

And I’ll throw it all away

And watch you fall into my arms again

... maybe to fix something that was wrong.

And take me back, take me home

8. The City

It's obviously about a city. A city that never sleep. It's London.

London calls me a stranger, a traveller

This is now my home, my home

9. Lego House

Siapa sih yang gak tau ini lagu? :D

Dengerinnya berasa lagi di modusin sama Ed. :">

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love 

I'll pick you up when you're getting down

And out of all these things I've done, 

I think I love you better now

And it's dark in a cold December

But I've got you to keep me warm

If you're broken I will mend ya 

And keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on, now

10. You Need Me, I don't Need You.

Many don't know that I can rap and somehow love it too. :))

Hey, seriously. Whenever I get mad, instead of swearing with some inappropriate words, I'd tend to rapping out loud with whatever song. :))

There is 2 version of this song. The short one. And the long one.

The long one last for about 10 minutes and you can hear it on a live show.

The short one is that one song in the album. This is one of the reason that I more like his live concert music than in the album. Because there's always be an extended for some songs. 

This is about his career on music. Maybe he met a douche who screwed him up. :))

Call yourself a singer-writer you’re just bluffing

Your name’s on the credits and you didn’t write nothing

11. Kiss Me

Uhm.. you can tell what it's all about by the tittle, can't you? :-*

I heard it repeatedly cause it just beautiful as always. It come up with:

Settle down with me

Cover me up. Cuddle me in.

Lie down with me

And hold me in your arms

Warm? :">

Kiss me like you wanna be loved

I was made to keep your body warm

But I'm cold as the wind blows 

So hold me in your arms

12. Give Me Love

I love the extended version of this one too! :D

This one about.. well, mau move on tapi masih sayang gitu..

Give me love like never before,

'cause lately I've been craving more,

And it's been a while but I still feel the same,

Maybe I should let you go,

You know I'll fight my corner,

And that tonight I'll call ya,

After my blood is drowning in alcohol,

No I just wanna hold ya.

13. The Parting Glass

Maybe it's a goodnight song.

Goodnight and joy be with you all.

Or maybe it's about you'll leave your home.

Of all the comrades that e'er I had 

They are sorry for my going away 

And all the sweethearts that e'er I had 

They would wish me one more day to stay 

Deluxe version:

Autumn Leaves

Missing someone that is far away. 

Hush now

Close your eyes before the sleep

And your miles away

And yesterday you were here with me

And thinking about life.

Another day, another life

Passes by just like mine

It's not complicated

Another mind, another soul

Another body to grow old

It's not complicated

Another tear, another cry

Another place for us to die

Its not complicated

Another life that's gone to waste

Another light lost from your face

It's complicated

Little Bird

I don't know who's the girl in this song. Alice? Well, they nursed a broken-leg-bird until its dead.

If we take this bird in, with its broken leg

We could nurse it, she said

And of all this thing i'm sure of, 

i'm not quite certain of your love

You made me scream 

but then i made you cry 

when i left that little bird with its broken leg to die

I love the part when:

I'm covered by nature and i'm safe now

Underneath this oak tree, with you beside me

:">

Gold Rush

And maybe you should learn to love her

Like, like the way you want to be loved

Sunburn

It takes a while for me to get this song.

You're not her

Though I try to see you differently

You're in here is someone. Her in here is your ex.

I saw your eyes

And then I saw her staring back at me

Your eyes. That someone eyes.

Her. Your ex. 

I guess that someone is have a friend-relation-something with his ex.

Maybe you love that someone. Maybe you're not. You never take a serious chance.

When we never even tried, we never even talked

We never even thought in the long run

Whenever it was painful, whenever I was away

I'd miss you and I miss you

...because you still care about her. 

She was mine, I was hers

And all that's in between

When she would cry, I would shelter her

And keep her from the darkness that will be

Better for not play with this love. Might be burn you all as well. Everyone will hurt.

Don't drop me in, it's not my time

If you cut deep then I might burn at you

Scar and left me like a sunburn

So you'll just forget about her. And forget about that someone. Moving on.

So I will try to find another one

Who's suited to me as well as her.

Same Love

Post ini terinspirasi dari tweet ini:

Pikiran pertama yang terlintas di benak kepala gue yaitu: "Kenapa?". Well, ada alesannya sih pasti, kan.. Si admin ngetweet setelahnya kayak gini:

Kemudian gue browsing di om google. Oh, ternyata Urganda itu termasuk salah satunya yang melarang. Untuk full list, lo bisa cek di sini.
Emang bukan cuman Urganda doang yang ngelarang. Cuman, untuk hukuman di bakar hidup-hidup gitu menurut gue sih overrated.
Oke, lepas dari segala hukuman, negara yang ngelarang, dan lain sebagainya. Gue selalu mikir dan nanya; Kenapa sih, pemerintah—di banyak negara—terlalu mencampuri urusan suatu individu? Maksud gue, untuk urusan seseorang mau beragama atau atheist, homo atau straight, dan lainnya itu bukannya hak semua orang, ya? Kalau prinsip gue, ya selama orang itu nggak ngerugiin atau ngeganggu suatu individu atau kelompok lain, kenapa enggak di biarin aja? Karena nggak selamanya urusan orang lain itu urusan kita juga, yes?
Dulu gue pas kecil pernah nanya, "Mah, kenapa sih pak polisi nyuruh kita pake helm? Kalau kita celaka juga kan yang sakit kita, bukan pak polisi." Dan mamah ngejawab... ah sudahlah, ingatan saya tak terlalu kuat, bung :))
Setelah gue beranjak remaja, ya lama-lama sadar juga sih, pake helm itu bukan karena aturan-aturannya amat, tapi it's for our safety's sake. Gitu.

Dari pertanyaan gue pas kecil sama pertanyaan gue yang pas awal, intinya sih sama: Ya biarin aja gitu. Hidup juga hidup orang. Kalau dia 'celaka'—atau mungkin disini konteksnya lebih ke 'resiko'—ya urusan dia. Karena akibat dari keputusan dia. Selama nggak ada sangkut pautnya sama kita, kenapa kita yang repot? Repot? Tinggalin. :))

Anywaaay... Speaking of homosexuality, gay-ship, lesbian, etc... Gue jadi inget lagunya Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert yang judulnya Same Love. Dengerin nih coba:

Yang ada di winamp gue sih yang—as always :))—versi featuring Ed Sheerannyaaa. Nih kalau mau denger juga:

Dan ini versi livenya yang udah gue buffer selama 454753154584 kali. Enggak, bukan karena di live perform itu ada Ednya juga, sih. Cuman gue, beneran, captivated sama gerakannya si Macklemore. Semacam pas gitu sama intonasi musik dan liriknya :)) dan bikin ingin ikutan joget jugak! :)) Cek nih cek:

Kalau suatu saat video di atas ngilang, ini linknya, ya. ☺

Kenapa gue korelasiin lagu Same Love sama kejadian di atas? Ya langsung aja ya, nih liriknya:

When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay,

'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight.

I told my mom, tears rushing down my face

She's like "Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k, trippin' "

Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?

Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.

I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league"

A preconceived idea of what it all meant

For those that liked the same sex

Had the characteristics

The right wing conservatives think it's a decision

And you can be cured with some treatment and religion

Man-made rewiring of a predisposition

Playing God, aw nah here we go

America the brave still fears what we don't know

And God loves all his children, is somehow forgotten

But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago

I don't know

And I can't change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

And I can't change

Even if I tried

My love

My love

My love

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

My love

My love

My love

She keeps me warm

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me

Have you read the YouTube comments lately?

"Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily

We become so numb to what we're saying

A culture founded from oppression

Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em

Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board

A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it

Gay is synonymous with the lesser

It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion

Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment

The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins

It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference!

Live on and be yourself

When I was at church they taught me something else

If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed

That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned

When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless

Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen

I might not be the same, but that's not important

No freedom till we're equal, damn right I support it

(I don't know)

And I can't change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

I can't change

My love

My love

My love

She keeps me warm

We press play, don't press pause

Progress, march on

With the veil over our eyes

We turn our back on the cause

Till the day that my uncles can be united by law

When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart

A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are

And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all

But it's a damn good place to start

No law is gonna change us

We have to change us

Whatever God you believe in

We come from the same one

Strip away the fear

Underneath it's all the same love

About time that we raised

And I can't change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

And I can't change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

My love

My love

My love

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

Love is patient

Love is kind

Love is patient

Love is kind

(not crying on Sundays)

Love is patient

(not crying on Sundays)

Love is kind

(I'm not crying on Sundays)

Love is patient

(not crying on Sundays)

Love is kind

(I'm not crying on Sundays)

Love is patient

(not crying on Sundays)

Love is kind

(I'm not crying on Sundays)

Love is patient

Love is kind

Dari yang gue bold juga udah paham kan maksudnya? Dari semua lirik di atas, yang palingpalingpaling gue suka sih yang "It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference, live on! And be yourself."
Well, I'm straight, just in case you wonder. It just that I'm as sick as Macklemore upon people who see something from only a side. A perspective.
Lo ngehina gay, ngehina pelacur, ngehina apapun yang menurut lo hina... Pernah gak sih lo nanya ke mereka, motif dibalik apa yang mereka lakuin? Kalau lo terlalu gengsi buat nanya, coba lo dengerin lagunya Cage the Elephant, judulnya Ain't No Rest for the Wicked.

Liriknya lo cari aja sendiri. Gak ada hubungannya sama gay, sih. Tapi... ya baca aja.

Selain dari cage the elephant di atas, coba deh baca ini:

Tau nggak siapa yang nulis note di atas? Dia seorang hacker. Gue. Bener-bener suka. Sama kalimat: "My crime is that judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like."

Dan hubungan dari lagunya Cage the Elephant sama notes hacker itu menurut gue intinya sama: Jangan nilai sesuatu karena title jelek yang dikasih sama publik. Cause everything is never as it seems. Belum tentu cara pikir lo itu lebih baik daripada mereka.

So shut it, people! Live on your life. And bring peace to the world. Cause everyone have their own rights for loving. And to be loved. Tanpa peduli dari atau untuk siapa.


Assalamu'alaikum,

dkd.

Oh wait! Btw, nih, ada bonus.

If you have all those things in one person, you're really in love with him or her. Otherwise, it was all just a crushionship, I think. :p

Nice Songs, innit?

So the sky accompany my eyes for dropping some water a couple of hours ago. Cool. I can't say much. But maybe those songs can:

1) Billy Ruskin

lyric:

Mr Ruskin
Come and paint my picture
We’re losing sleep
'Cos we steal the week

Now who’s your best friend?
Can you introduce me?
See I can’t seem to even let you breathe

When I dance with Billy Ruskin in my mind’s eye
Please let me forget that I’m standing on my own
And I am my own best friend and I need me to see
That I am more than what is hiding in me

Come and show me
If you can
See I know you’re me
But I can’t seem to understand

If you know me
Place my hand on mine
And we will resurrect the time

That we lost
When you left my mind
It’s psycho-paranoia disappearing in time

Come and show me
What makes you tick
I need you to get out of my mind quick

When I dance with Billy Ruskin in my mind’s eye
Please let me forget that I’m standing on my own
And I am my own best friend and I need me to see
That I am more than what is hiding in me

2) Bonus Track
It's actually has no title. I mean, the title really is "Bonus Track" Weird, huh? But it really is eargasm, and awesome lyrics tho.

lyric:
I want to be real
Not some conscience to myself
The way you worship, never ending
Some idol who’s pretending to be true

How you put upon yourself
A man who never seems
To answer to your words
So go and make me over

I’m a fly upon your neck
You can’t control me
I have my words, my voice
My strengths, my choice
And I can cut as deep
Just as deep as I need

Don’t want your advice
Cos I’ve made up my own mind
The way you bore me with the stories
Of far and distant times

I’ve heard it before
So don’t try that on me
The way you worship, never-ending
Some idol who’s pretending to be true

It could be you
Brainwashed by the lies
It’s no surprise
You’d wanna waste your time

I’m a fly upon your neck
You can’t control me
I have my words, my voice
My strengths, my choice
And I can cut as deep
Just as deep as I need

3) Last Ones Standing (Example Cover)

lyric:
I tell the taxi driver, pull up over there
Sprint down the street and we don't pay the fare
Onto the district line, force open the door
There's loadsa seats free but we cotch on the floor

Last night we both died a death
Just flowed til no cider left
Jumped out the wrong side of bed
Now another night of wrong lies ahead

To be a kid again, Nancy and Sid again
Need medicine, cut out the middle men
Run free, only way to get rid of them
Never gonna catch us

We're on the run
And I'm about to lose it
Cause she's like a gun
Ain't no afraid to use it

C'mon we'll catch our very last train
Light our very last flames
We'll knock it all back and forget our names
Cause it's our last night
And it's one last fight
We're the last ones
The last ones standing

Go tell the waitress, we'll have 2 rum and cokes
Ask for the bill and then we'll split when she goes
Out the fire exit wearing some strangers coat
We'll sing it out til we're sore in the throat

This ain't childs play like pass the parcel or
Build a castle, just a couple of rascals who
Go harder, live faster
Fight til the end like Jason's Argonauts

Cause lifes a carnival
There's no reason, motives marginal
Don't care if we're cold and starvin
We'll still be laughin when...

We're on the run
And I'm about to lose it
And she's like a gun
Ain't no afraid to use it

C'mon we'll catch our very last train
Light our very last flames
We'll knock it all back and forget our names
Cause it's our last fight
And it's one last night
We're the last ones
The last ones standing

The last ones standing
hmmm
The last ones standing

4) Pause

lyric:
You know I got to get away
To find some peace and sanity
I’ve been playing hide-and-seek too long
Shaking, making, everybody waking
Setting the hi-fi bleed
Keeping me back
While you’re spinning my track
That’ll knock you off your feet

Monkey see what monkey do
But I’m a monkey telling you
I just think that we should take a break
Tickity-tock the clock
With the hip-hop
And alonestar backing me up
We won’t stop
I gotta be searching for my peace of mind
Now let the track rewind

And play, let the music play
It came, so let the music say what it feels
Shame, shame it took too long
To see that you were wrong
Now turn the song back on

This is Alonestar coming at you
With a new style
Kicking dust
Ready to bust
It's Urban Angel
Artistic, flipping the script
Who d'you really want to get it with?
Ed and Alonestar
We're like live wires sparking
Ready to blow
We've already sown our seeds
We're just waiting to grow - blow
We're gonna lift you like a shock to your body
Metaphorical speech when we come and see
You ducking for cover
Sheeran Lock coming ready to rock
With Urban Angel and Alonestar
And Ed - keep it locked
Let the beat pump
Drop the bass but don't stop
We're kicking the sound
Let the bass bins pound
We're gonna roll
Can you feel me now with my body?
Get down to the sound
It's Ed Sheeran in the place
And Alonestar rising up
We gotta rise up
I said rise up

And play, let the music play
It came, so let the music say what it feels
Shame, shame it took so long
To see that you were wrong
Now turn the song back on

5) Quiet Ballad Of Ed

lyric:
In shadow there lies hope
Cut tension with a knife
I find it hard to cope
Stop playing with my life

You analyse my fears
Analyse my dreams
Choke on burning tears
Through my silent screams

Things aren’t what they seem

Tell a hundred craftsmen to work on me
Tell this army of angels to make me breathe
Open doors, just to take away the key
I’ll let you all see, that I’m doing better

Watch me fall
As I stumble at your feet
Always losing in this game
Your lies cut me deep
And you don’t even know my name
With your consistency
To always watch me crawl
And my durability
Not affected at all

Still things aren’t what they seem

Tell a hundred craftsmen to work on me
Tell this army of angels to make me breathe
Open doors, just to take away the key
I’ll let you all see, that I’m doing better
That I'm doing better

Feel the pain
On my brain
Feel the strain
As I, start to decay

Feel the strain
Every passing day
Feel the pain
As I, start to decay

Tell a hundred craftsmen to work on me
Tell this army of angels to make me breathe
Open doors, just to take away the key
I’ll let you all see, that I’m doing better
That I'm doing better

6) Stevesong



lyric:
Stevie was a boy
Who turned into a man
He never had no master plan
But I knew that he could

Find right from wrong
Sing me a different song
He told me which road to take
And now I’m gone

Keep on singing
Make her life whole
Stevie you’re winning
And I just feel cold
Take your life beyond the mark
You can do no wrong
When I lose my way in the dark
Keep singing your song

Please come follow me
I find it hard to breathe
Please come follow me
I find it hard to breathe

7) Who You Are (Jessie J Cover)

lyric:
I stare at my reflection in the mirror
Why am I doing this to myself?
Losing my mind on a tiny error,
I nearly left the real me on the shelf.
No, no, no, no, no...

Don't lose it all in the blur of the start
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay.
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are.
(who you are [x11])

Brushing my hair, do I look perfect?
I forgot what to do to fit the mold
The more I try the less is working, yeah yeah yeah
And everything inside me screams
No, no, no, no, no...

Don't lose it all in the blur of the start
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay.
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
But tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are.

Yes, no's, egos, fake shows, like boom!
Just go and leave me alone!
Real talk, real life, good luck, goodnight,
With a smile, that's my home!
That's my home, no...

No, no, no, no, no...
Don't lose it all in the blur of the start.
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay...
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are.
Who you are (35x)


Big thanks to Ed Sheeran for recorded it.