Hands of Gold

Ed Sheeran

He rode through the streets of the city

Down from his hill on high

O’er the winds and the steps and the cobbles

He rode to a woman’s side

For she was his secret treasure

She was his shame and his bliss

And a chain and a keep are nothing

Compared to a woman’s kiss

For hands of gold are always cold

But a woman’s hands are warm

For hands of gold are always cold

But a woman’s hands are warm

And there he stood with sword in hand

The last of Derry’s ten

And red the grass beneath his feet

And red his banners bright

And red the blow of the setting sun

That bathed him in its light

C’mon c’mon the great lord called

My sword is hungry still.

And with the cry of savage rage

They swarmed across the rill

And with the cry of savage rage

They swarmed across the rill

He rode through the streets of the city,

Down from his hill on high,

O’er the winds and the steps and the cobbles

He rode to a woman’s side,

For she was his secret treasure

She was his shame and his bliss

And a chain and a keep are nothing

Compared to a woman’s kiss.

For hands of gold are always cold

But a woman’s hands are warm

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Background

Ed Sheeran plays a singing soldier as he performs “Hands of Gold” in the first episode of “Game of Thrones” Season 7. The song is lifted straight from the books and in the books, this song was written by a scheming bard named Symon Silver Tongue, who — much earlier in the “A Song of Ice and Fire” saga — uses it to blackmail Tyrion.