"Old Phone" lyrics

"Old Phone"

I found my old phone today
In a box that I had hidden away
Nostalgia trying to lead me astray
Maybe I'll unwrite some wrongs
I charged the battery again
Combinations 'cause my passcode had changed
Opened up and saw familiar names
Now I wonder where they've gone

Conversations with my dead friends
Messages from all my exes
I kinda think that this was best left
In the past where it belongs
I feel an overwhelming sadness
Of all the friends I do not have left
Seeing how my family has fractured
Growing up and moving on

I found my old phone today
Arguments that I tried to keep at bay
The ones who loved me, I just pushed them away
Couldn't tell the difference from the leeches
My closed hand still holds some mates
But if I'm open, it gets smaller day by day
I can't tell if it is pleasure or pain
Trying to keep within my remit

Conversations with my dead friends
Messages from all my exes
I kinda think that this was best left
There in the past where it belongs
I feel an overwhelming sadness
Of all the friends I do not have left
Seeing how my family has fractured
Growing up and moving on

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

I found my old phone today
So full of love, yet so full of hate
I put it back inside there from whence it came
Nothing good will come from regretting

Conversations with my dead friends
Messages from all my exes
I kinda think that this was best left
There in the past where it belongs
I feel an overwhelming sadness
Of all the friends I do not have left
Seeing how my family has fractured
Growing up and moving on

I found my old phone today


Writer(s): Ed Sheeran
album: "Play" (2025)
Ed Sheeran - Play album cover
Problems
(Extended Edition Bonus Track)
Wargame
(Extended Edition Bonus Track)
Regrets
(Extended Edition Bonus Track)
Freedom
(Extended Edition Bonus Track)
Skeletons
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Technicolour
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Satellite
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Lights Out
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Fade Out
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Crashing
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Rapture
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Sapphire (Remix)
(Extended Edition Bonus Track)
Spiral
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
I Don't Wanna Go To Bed
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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