Ed Sheeran — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 113 songs across 8 albums by Ed Sheeran. They use 3,213 unique words out of 17,414 (lexical richness MATTR 0.76), with an average of 154 content words per song. Emotional tone: 48% of songs positive, 39% neutral, 13% negative.
Most used words by Ed Sheeran
- love (500)
- know (293)
- feel (148)
- one (147)
- need (145)
- time (142)
- baby (136)
- come (125)
- way (123)
- give (121)
- day (115)
- eyes (115)
- take (114)
- life (112)
- let (110)
- see (107)
- say (106)
- back (95)
- night (93)
- want (85)
Signature phrases
- “take back” (28)
- “love falling love” (23)
- “falling love falling” (22)
- “need man need” (22)
- “love give love” (22)
- “man need need” (21)
- “give love give” (21)
- “need need man” (19)
- “know love” (17)
- “tell kicks” (17)
Colors in the lyrics
- blue (20)
- white (12)
- black (10)
- grey (9)
- red (8)
- green (7)
- brown (3)
- gold (3)
Albums analyzed
- + (2011)
- × (2014)
- ÷ (2017)
- No.6 Collaborations Project (2019)
- = (2021)
- − (2023)
- Autumn Variations (2023)
- Play (2025)