.edsheeran revealed that his new single 'Eyes Closed' is about the pain of a friend's death: 'Blue was Jamal's colour, but now is all I feel. And I guess music helps heal, so I'm dancing with my eyes closed to try get through it.'
, his third studio album following a long-planned succession of mathematics-themed titles. As the singer approaches the fifth and final installment,, out May 5, he is previewing the record with a snippet that finds him once again dancing in the dark, but under different circumstances.
“So I’m dancing with my eyes closed/Cause everywhere I look I still see you,” Sheeran sings on “Eyes Closed,” the album’s first single set for release on March 24. “Time is moving so slow/And I don’t know what else that I can do/So I keep dancing with my eyes closed.” The snippet video sees the British musician sitting at his piano, playing the instrument with one hand before really diving into the chorus.
“This song is about losing someone, feeling like every time you go out and you expect to just bump into them, and every thing just reminds you of them and things you did together,” Sheeran shared in a recent statement. Last year, the singer’s best friend Jamal Edwards died of a heart attack at age 31.
“You sorta have to take yourself out of reality sometimes to numb the pain of loss, but certain things just bring you right back into it,” he added. “Blue was Jamal’s colour, but now is all I feel. And I guess music helps heal, so I’m dancing with my eyes closed to try get through it.”
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