Merry Christmas Ed Sheeran & Elton John

[Intro: Ed Sheeran]

Build the fire and gather 'round the tree

Fill the glass and maybe come and sing with me

[Chorus: Ed Sheeran & Elton John]

So kiss me under the mistletoe

Pour out the wine, let's toast, and pray for December snow

I know there's been a pain this year, but it's time to let it go

Next year, you never know

But for now, Merry Christmas, we'll

Dance in the kitchen while embers glow

We've both known love, but this love we got is the bеst of all

I wish you could see you through my eyes, then you would know

My God, you look bеautiful

Right now, Merry Christmas

[Verse 1: Ed Sheeran & Elton John]

The fire is raging on

And we'll all sing along to the song

Just having so much fun

While we're here, can we all spare a thought

For the ones who have gone?

Merry Christmas, everyone

[Bridge: Choir]

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

[Chorus: Ed Sheeran & Elton John]

So just keep kissin' me under the mistletoe

Pour out the wine, let's toast, and pray for December snow

I know there's been a pain this year, but it's time to let it go

Next year, you never know

But for now, Merry Christmas, we'll

Dance in the kitchen while embers glow

We've both known love, but this love we got is the best of all

I wish you could see you through my eyes, then you would know

My God, you look beautiful

Right now, Merry Christmas

[Verse 2: Ed Sheeran & Elton John]

I feel it when it comes

Every year helpin' us carry on

Filled up with so much love

All our family and friends are together

Where we all belong

Merry Christmas, everyone

[Bridge: Choir]

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

[Outro: Ed Sheeran & Elton John]

It's Christmas time for you and I

We'll have a good night and a Merry Christmas

It's Christmas time for you and I

We'll have a good night and a Merry Christmas

It's Christmas time for you and I

We'll have a good night and a Merry Christmas

It's Christmas time for you and I

We'll have a good night and a Merry Christmas time

About

“Merry Christmas” serves as Ed Sheeran’s first Christmas song, and serves as Elton John’s second Christmas single, following the release of 1973’s “Step Into Christmas”.

In an interview with NPO Radio 2 in October 2021, Ed revealed that Sir Elton asked him to do a song with him the previous year after the success of “Step into Christmas”. He also recalled writing the chorus of the song the same day he was asked by Sir Elton.

On 29 November 2021, Ed Sheeran and Elton John both announced the collaboration and its release date. They also stated that all proceeds from the song in the United Kingdom will go towards donations for the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

In November 2021, on an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Ed Sheeran revealed that he went to stay with John after writing the song’s chorus, in which they ended up making three Christmas songs together with “Merry Christmas” being one of them.

The second Christmas song they’ve written is called “Pull My Christmas Cracker, You’ll Get More Than A Bang”.

All Too Well Taylor’s Version Live Acoustic

[Verse 1]

I walked through the door with you, the air was cold

But something about it felt like home somehow

And I left my scarf there at your sister's house

And you've still got it in your drawer, even now

[Verse 2]

Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze

We're singing in the car, getting lost upstate

Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place

And I can picture it after all these days

[Pre-Chorus]

And I know it's long gone and

That magic's not here no more

And I might be okay, but I'm not fine at all

Oh, oh, oh

[Chorus]

'Cause there we are again on that little town street

You almost ran the red 'cause you were lookin' over at me

Wind in my hair, I was there

I remember it all too well

[Verse 3]

Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red

You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed

And your mother's telling stories 'bout you on the tee-ball team

You taught me 'bout your past, thinking your future was me

And you were tossing me the car keys, "fuck the patriarchy"

Key chain on the ground, we were always skipping town

And I was thinking on the drive down, any time now

He's gonna say it's love, you never called it what it was

'Til we were dead and gone and buried

Check the pulse and come back swearing it's the same

After three months in the grave

And then you wondered where it went to as I reached for you

But all I felt was shame and you held my lifeless frame

[Pre-Chorus]

And I know it's long gone and

There was nothing else I could do

And I forget about you long enough

To forget why I needed to

[Chorus]

'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night

We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light

Down the stairs, I was there

I remember it all too well

And there we are again when nobody had to know

You kept me as a secret, but I kept you like an oath

Sacred prayer and we'd swear

To remember it all too well, yeah

[Bridge]

Well, maybe we got lost in translation

Maybe I asked for too much

But maybe this thing was a masterpiece

'Til you tore it all up

Running scared, I was there

I remember it all too well

And you call me up again just to break me like a promise

So casually cruel in the name of being honest

I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here

'Cause I remember it all, all, all

[Verse 4]

They say all's well that ends well, but I'm in a new Hell

Every time you double-cross my mind

You said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine

And that made me want to die

The idea you had of me, who was she?

A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you

Not weeping in a party bathroom

Some actress asking me what happened, you

That's what happened, you

You who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes

Sipping coffee like you're on a late-night show

But then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to come

And he said, "It's supposed to be fun turning twenty-one"

[Verse 5]

Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it

I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it

After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own

Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone

But you keep my old scarf from that very first week

'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me

You can't get rid of it

'Cause you remember it all too well, yeah

[Chorus]

'Cause there we are again when I loved you so

Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known

It was rare, I was there

I remember it all too well

Wind in my hair, you were there

You remember it all

Down the stairs, you were there

You remember it all

It was rare, I was there

I remember it all too well

[Verse 6]

And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line goes

"I'll get older, but your lovers stay my age"

From when your Brooklyn broke my skin and bones

I'm a soldier who's returning half her weight

And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?

Just between us, did the love affair maim you, too?

'Cause in this city's barren cold

I still remember the first fall of snow

And how it glistened as it fell

I remember it all too well

[Outro]

Just between us, did the love affair maim you all too well?

Just between us, do you remember it all too well?

Just between us, I remember it (Just between us), all too well

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it all too well

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it

[Spoken Outro]

I love you guys so much