Afire Love Research Paper

Afire Love The coffee stained papers waited under the pew, and Ed sat over them, lamenting the passing of the inspiration for the song, whose draft was perched under the seat beneath him. In a church filled with people clothed in black, superfluously embellished in lovely flowers, Ed sat in the front row and watched his Grandfather, aged 86, serenely settled in his casket. His angular face was almost too dead and pale that he looked inhuman. Ed grabbed his Grandmother’s hand and gave it a subtle, delicate squeeze, in hopes it would soothe the ache that burned from the love of her life’s body departing from his soul. Looking at the long box, he gave a disdainful stare, knowing the body laying down was not ready to die. Ed studied the body carefully, which engendered him to think about the first time he was informed about the horrifying disease that his Grandfather was diagnosed with.
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Calling attention to his case of Alzheimer’s, Ed began the ballad by writing,
“Things were all good yesterday, until the devil took your memory. And if you fell to your death today, I hope that heaven is your resting place.” (Sheeran 1-8) The emotional song journeyed through Ed’s Grandfather’s experience with the irreversible disease, and his family’s experience. In the chorus, Ed wrote about his Grandma’s old stories, which shared the collapsed love between Ed’s grandparents.
“Although my Grandma used to say, that he used to sing ‘Darlin' hold me in your arms the way you did last night and we'll lie inside for a little while here. Oh, I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up, and we're wrapped in light, and life, and love. Put your open lips on mine and slowly let them shut, for they're designed to be together. Oh, with your body next to mine, our hearts will beat as one and we set alight. We're afire love.’” (Sheeran