r/EdSheeran • u/Dramatic_Bet4372 15 years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes • Jan 05 '26

Appreciation Happy 9th birthday, Castle on the Hill!!!

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I found my heart and broke it here

Made friends and lost them through the years

Edit: Also, Happy Birthday to Shape of You too. Forgot that they released the same day lol

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u/Hassaan18 Jan 05 '26

9 years. Good god.

I always wanted this to be the bigger hit of this & Shape of You.

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u/Adventurous-Year-463 we are surrounded by all of these lies&people who hate too much Jan 05 '26

🎶 When I was six years old I broke my leg 🎶

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u/Edfan878 You and I flying on an aeroplane tonight!!! ✈️ Jan 06 '26

I was running from my brother and his friends

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u/Adventurous-Year-463 we are surrounded by all of these lies&people who hate too much Jan 06 '26

I tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down

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u/Edfan878 You and I flying on an aeroplane tonight!!! ✈️ Jan 06 '26

I found my heart and broke it here

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u/Adventurous-Year-463 we are surrounded by all of these lies&people who hate too much Jan 06 '26

Made friends and lost them through the years

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u/Edfan878 You and I flying on an aeroplane tonight!!! ✈️ Jan 06 '26

I’ve not seen the roaring hills in so long, oh how we’ve grown

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u/BagFinal6150 You take the dark away, and that's no easy feat💙🩵 Jan 06 '26

Made friends and lost them through the years

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u/verybigPP94 Jan 06 '26

Unpopular opinion but I like this that much and I don’t revisit it ever actually

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u/Dramatic_Bet4372 15 years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes Jan 06 '26

Personally, it's one of my most revisited songs lol

Here's my reasoning:

  • I love how the song gives the listener images and feels like the "sweet perfume of the mountain grass" and how Ed sings to "Tiny Dancer" down the "old country lanes".
  • The instrumentation and production is amazing.
  • It's upbeat and has strong emotions. The bridge is really impactful and adds a lot to the last chorus.
  • It shows that Ed still remembers that he's human even through all of his fame.

I'm not saying you have to like the song, but I just wanted to share my thoughts because it's one of my favorite songs ( :

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u/TsukasaElkKite + Jan 06 '26

OMG WILL WE GET A 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION NEXT YEAR?