What do you think Photograph means?

Ed Sheeran: Photograph Meaning

Album cover for Photograph album cover

Photograph Lyrics

When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me
Under the lamppost back on Sixth street
Hearing you whisper through the phone,
"Wait for me to come home."




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  1. anonymous
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     Dec 23rd 2014 !⃝

    I think the song is about two lovers who Are probably passing through a particular phase in their relationship. But then there is a photograph that shows how perfect they once were. Maybe that could help remember what they once felt even though something has gone wrong now. Then "If you hurt me, that's okay baby only words bleed" means even if she hurts him he will understand maybe because he is not close by. Probably distance ish.

  2. anonymous
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     Dec 13th 2014 !⃝

    Agree with all of the above:) However i have a different interpretation. This song could also be about a couple who have broken up. And all that's left is a photograph of them. This is only based on my own interpretation based on my situation now as i listen to this song. He is hoping that there would be a possibility this relationship would work out again. He is wishing the girl would take him back again. Maybe he has done something wrong before that's why they broke up. He is gonna risk it all this time round just to do anything to get her back. Thus, "And if you hurt me,well that's okay baby.Only words bleed..." It seems like a pretty tragic love story between two people who really love each other but the guy especially can't seem to move on but keep wanting this again.

  3. anonymous
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     Dec 12th 2014 !⃝

    My friend was suicidal and I thought of her when I heard this...
    "Times forever frozen still"
    She's frozen in time after she's dead...
    "How you said through the phone
    Wait for me to come home" was her suicide note through the phone and comig home was the listener dying and seeing them in heaven but now I hear people's soldier version it sounds more realistic...
    Oh well I'll always be reminded of my friend

  4. anonymous
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     Aug 3rd 2014 !⃝

    I am in a long distance relationship and this sing fits us perfectly. Weather its about a soldier at war or just a couple who arnt with each other or anything in between, its just a song to comfort a loved one that will let them know that their partner is coming home and until then they will be with them in memories and photographs.

  5. anonymous
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     Jul 28th 2014 !⃝

    This song is obviously about a person being away from his or her partner. And so he/she asks their significant other to hold on to their photograph which potrays a perfect scenario and wait for him or her to come home.
    What's really beautiful about this song is the fact that Ed xhooses to show two sides of love. One which can hurt and the other which can heal. He pictures it as a paradox but even though it has a negative side it still is the one and only true thing which a person can have forever.
    This song brings tears to my eyes. Its so beautifully written that its hard not to get moved by it.

  6. anonymous
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     Jul 23rd 2014 !⃝

    Ed wrote this song in a soldier's point of view ("wait for me to come home"). So the story goes by a soldier who left behind his or her love while he or she goes to war. Ed in this case is singing to his love telling them to wait for him to come home, and as they wait, he wants to remind them that they'll always be with them and that nothing changes like photographs ("where our eyes are never closing, hearts are never broken, time's forever frozen still…..*entire chorus"). I also figured it out when he said "and its the only thing We take with us when we die" and in most of the soldiers' cases, they bring with them photographs of their loved ones just in case and would want to look at them in their photograph.

    If this song makes a music video, it would be appropriate to make a video about lovers who are in this case, one fighting while the other one waiting on them to come home.

  7. anonymous
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     Jul 6th 2014 !⃝

    I think it's about a girl that is feeling pain because they are away from each other so he is telling her "it's okay, just hold on to the picture of us where we are happy and there is no pain. I will be home soon." He wants her to keep the picture of them close to her so he will always be with her no matter the distance.

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