Ed Sheeran- Happier (Learn English with Songs)

Lyrics

Walking down 29th and park
I saw you in another's arms
Only a month we've been apart
You look happier

Saw you walk inside a bar
He said something to make you laugh
I saw that both your smiles were twice as wide as ours
Yeah you look happier, you do

Ain't nobody hurt you like I hurt you
But ain't nobody love you like I do
Promise that I will not take it personal baby
If you're moving on with someone new

Cause baby you look happier, you do
My friends told me one day I'll feel it too
And until then I'll smile to hide the truth
But I know I was happier with you

Sat in the corner of the room
Everything's reminding me of you
Nursing an empty bottle and telling myself you're happier
Aren't you?

Ain't nobody hurt you like I hurt you
But ain't nobody need you like I do
I know that there's others that deserve you
But my darling I am still in love with you

But I guess you look happier, you do
My friends told me one day I'll feel it too
I could try to smile to hide the truth
But I know I was happier with you

Baby you look happier, you do
I knew one day you'd fall for someone new
But if he breaks your heart like lovers do
Just know that I'll be waiting here for you

Difficult Phrases and Words

1. Ain't

   1. Context: Ain't nobody hurt you like I hurt you

   2. Definition: have not/am not/is not. (Using this word is seen as improper grammar and a signal of poor education.)

   3. Additional sentence: I ain’t going to go to school.

2. take it personal

   1. Context: Promise that I will not take it personal baby / If you're moving on with someone new

   2. Definition: to be offended or upset by what someone said or did

   3. Additional sentence: Don’t take it personally when I say that I am a better tennis player than you.

3. moving on

   1. Context: Promise that I will not take it personal baby / If you're moving on with someone new

   2. Definition: to go on to a different place, subject, activity, etc.

   3. Additional sentence: I am moving on to a better job.

4. you'd fall for someone new

   1. Context: I knew one day you'd fall for someone new

   2. Definition: fall in love with someone new

   3. Additional sentence: Did you fall for another guy on your vacation?
      

Discussion Questions

1. What do you think this song is about?

2. Can you relate to anything in this song?

3. Was there a time when you said something that someone took personally? Did someone say something to you, and you took it personally?

4. Do you have any plans to move on to a better job/relationship/place/etc.?

5. When was a time you fell for someone? Do you fall for someone new soon after the ending of a relationship?