Afterglow Ed Sheeran Stop the clocks, it’s amazing You should see the way the light dances off your hair A million colors of hazel, golden and red Saturday morning is fading The sun’s reflected by the coffee in your hand My eyes are caught in your gaze all over again We were love drunk, waiting on a miracle Trying to find ourselves in the winter snow So alone in love like the world had disappeared Oh, I won’t be silent and I won’t let go I will hold on tighter ’til the afterglow And we’ll burn so bright ’til the darkness softly clears Oh, I will hold on to the afterglow Oh, I will hold on to the afterglow The weather outside’s changing The leaves are buried under six inches of white The radio is playing, Iron & Wine This is a new dimension This is a level where we’re losing track of time I’m holding nothing against it, except you and I We were love drunk, waiting on a miracle Trying to find ourselves in the winter snow So alone in love like the world had disappeared Oh, I won’t be silent and I won’t let go I will hold on tighter ’til the afterglow And we’ll burn so bright ’til the darkness softly clears Oh, I will hold on to the afterglow Oh, I will hold on to the afterglow Oh, I will hold on to the afterglow Review Grammy-winner Ed Sheeran surprises with a simple but overall respectable new solo single, “Afterglow,” unattached to any future project. It sounds like nothing that appeared on his last studio album “No. 6 Collaborations Project.” A singer-songwriter-style pop cut, this song is a return of the Sheeran of old. Early on, the accompaniment arrives courtesy of rhythm guitar, delivering a simple but effective harmonic progression. Eventually, there’s synthesizer, courtesy of one of the song’s producers Parisi, which adds more depth. Still, there’s always this sense of simplicity, yet it feels sufficient. The song is written about his wife, who gave birth to their daughter in September. | 