Lately

[Verse 1: Ed Sheeran] I seem to find myself talking to the powers that be Awaking the shade and shadowed under towering trees Admiring the scene, inhaling fumes of flowers that breathe Jet lagged eyes are begging for an hour to sleep Although my bloodshot whites and irises they never find any Clock stops at times where the sun shine can blind many Although my eyes are heavy, they won't be closing soon Cause I heard that time waits for nobody, I suppose it's true We make corrosive tunes with acid tabs and vocal booths To see the flashing lights at photo shoots, we make our motive moves I say whatever I feel to vent a rhyme So I can still invent the lines and stay close to the friends of mine Cause real recognise real is what my father says And I'll be sticking to this phrase until I pass away Overworking, no sleep is just another way to die slow But I'll just keep going strong and never let my eyes close [Verse 2: Devlin] 5 o'clock with lights off, interview with a vampire Sleep is for the living and not a utensil that I require I swear I said, that I'll sleep when I'm dead Who's on the beat upon the feature with Ed? It's D-E-V to the Zed Over tired, pale faced like Michael Myers Bags underneath my eyes can show the baggage I've acquired And over the time within this maze I think you'll find you'll Never find that peace of mind you seek to find until you're dying Cause I got too much to stay awake for To sleep, or even take four seconds out the game, it's time to wage war Scissors, grab a sword, and sharpen up your hunting knives Two psychopathic lyricists are driving on the hunt tonight I'm hailing from the Essex and the East London border line Villans never sleep, they mastermind in all sorts of crimes Be wide awake just like you're snorting lines Or get left mortified like you just seen the ghost of Jesus walking by [Hook: Ed Sheeran] I never sleep When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free It could be The times I'm living in I never sleep When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free It could be The times I'm living in lately [Verse 3: Ed Sheeran] I brush my teeth every night but still I wake up with a bad mouth And the background is my past and my presence will bring it back out Deliver the raps how I flow, I live with the rats now and those That hate me call me Ron but they won't slither in too easy Believe me I'm snake minded, be within this great time, be On minimum wage, life is a prison escape that I'm in It's all to do with timing not the label that you sign with Then my mates are doing fine but then they never put the time in I try to hide my cold side like when I flip my pillows Some of the songs I write are real because the charts are filled with si-li-cone I'm still broke without the money for a Mac Pro Living out of three bags, no talk about my cash flow Opposite of sober cause I never did my homework Which has got me on the sofa, no degree but growing older I played a fool to catch the wise, I will never tell a lie I wake dead, take deep breaths, try to never die (never die) [Verse 4: Devlin] Two guys with the same view, keep it tight like Scrooge Making metaphors flow and move, like typhoons and tunes And if we got our eyes on you, we'll catch you while you snooze Times elapsing while you're catching Zed's, the masses like to move We scan the situation, analyse information And then decide what probably is most practical to do Driven young gentlemen, I've hardly changed my bed sheets At all over the last 12 months cause I haven't slept in 'em, true I'm coming home, the lights are on, your rights are wrong, so I'm correcting 'em We got the fans all like, "Oh wow it's Devs and Ed" What less did you bloody expect from 'em?" In the end sleep deprivation might just be our detriment Fighting through writers block from 9 o'clock to 5 o'clock And no way will I ever waste a second of the time I got I keep my pupils engaged Like a classroom in holy matrimony, but I'm only trying to stay awake [Hook x2]