Sheeran, Ed - Castle On The Hill Lyrics






When I was six years old I broke my leg
I was running from my brother and his friends
And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down

I was younger then
Take me back to when

I found my heart and broke it here
Made friends and lost them through the years
And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long
I know I've grown
But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way
Driving at 90 down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer"
And I miss the way
You make me feel
And it's real
When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes
Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends
Had my first kiss on a Friday night
I don't reckon that I did it right

I was younger then,
Take me back to when

We found weekend jobs, when we got paid
We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight
Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long
Oh, how we've grown
But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way
Driving at 90 down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer"
And I miss the way
You make me feel
And it's real
When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill

One friend left to sell clothes
One works down by the coast
One had two kids but lives alone
One's brother overdosed
One's already on his second wife
One's just barely getting by
But these people raised me
And I can't wait to go home

And I'm on my way
I still remember these old country lanes
When we did not know the answers
And I miss the way
You make me feel
And it's real
When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill





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  1. E.... R....

    I love this song but to me its so sad. I moved over a year ago because of my parents and all i want everyday is to go home

  2. F.... ....

    No one:
    Absolutely no one:
    Movie credits: *this song*

  3. R.... T....

    I always thought he said 'history' not 'miss the way'. What.

  4. A.... A....

    This song makes me cry. It reminds me of my friends

  5. s.... u....

    "But these people raised me" So relatable. I love this song so much!

  6. M.... H....

    Am I the only one who found this music quite emotional?

  7. s.... s....

    When he sang about getting his first kiss at 15, like dang man I wish it would've been like that for me, a boy took my first everything when I was 12, it makes me really sad because I can't change it ever.

  8. M.... R....

    When he said “broke my leg”, I felt that.

  9. C.... O....

    what a song!!!!! when is he in a tour next #tour2020?

  10. E.... H....

    I am listening to this years later because it reminds me of my old bff we don't talk much we would sing this together. 😪😢 it made me cry

  11. T.... M....

    I love 💗 this song❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  12. A.... ....

    2017... its almost 2020 now what

  13. W.... D....

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ScNNfyq3d_w

  14. K.... I....

    He talks about his childhood in this song.

  15. a.... ....

    Went here after watching the "Put It All On Me" mv and saw it mentioned Castle on the Hill.

    Me: His first kiss was with Cherry!!

  16. N.... P....

    Literally went here after "Put It All On Me" MV

    N.... P....

    That's me😂😂🙈🙈

    N.... P....

    lol same

  17. L.... P....

    #ripmama I cry everytime I here this song
    True story
    When I was 6 years old I broke my mama's leg. I was running from my brother's and his friends. And I miss the way you make me feel it's real as we watch the sunset over the castle on the hill.

  18. E.... F....

    I really love this song !!!!!

  19. K.... M....

    You are so cute

  20. B.... ....

    When i was on vacation in “Barcelona” I met this “Galway girl” named “Nancy Mulligan”. I was “happier” then before and thought that “hearts don’t break around here”. I bought her “supermarket flowers” and told her: “i fell in love with the “shape of you” and i would “dive” in the deepest ocean for you”. Everything was just “perfect”. But 2 days later when i was at the “castle on the hill” I saw her with a “new man”. I asked her “”How would you feel” if i did that to you?” She said: “I’m sorry, i just had to “save myself” for you to hurt me.” But “what do i know”? I took an “eraser” and deleted the memory and thought “bibia be ye ye (everything will be alright)”

    Lol if this was the story then i'd be happy

  21. F.... 0....

    This song was first released in 2017 and when I first heard it I loved it
    It really tells a story of the challenges we will face as we grow older
    But now its 2019 and when I watched the How to train your Dragon trailer I heard this song and remembered I loved this song

  22. a.... S....

    too bad it was only your dream not mine

  23. T.... L....

    That was grait song!!!😊😊😊

  24. C.... ....

    Chris daughtry made me come here

  25. R.... P....

    you are a legend

  26. T.... C....

    He sound pretty good at 90.

  27. K.... E....

    This song makes me nostalgic because I know I will be leaving my hometown soon to go study.:(

  28. I.... J....

    I love this song is so very nice

  29. A.... K....

    This is just gold...
    Shape of you was the phenomenon but this for me is even better than it.

    A.... K....

    Ed was hoping this was going to be the hit song ( and Perfect) instead of SOY

  30. H.... M....

    To this day this is one of my favorite songs

  31. R.... d....

    I love you soooo much😍❤

  32. M.... P....

    Ed sheeran is the best

  33. N.... R....

    Who came here right after the httyd3 trailer? Am I alone?

    N.... R....

    Nopw 😥

  34. B.... ....

    Gosh i miss HTTYD

  35. Q.... g....

    Back to the sweet perfume of this song.

    Edit: Wow, 1 like, by me. Jeez i got a lot of likes.

    Edit: and I’m still the only person to like this comment. Just don’t like it at all.

    Q.... g....

    Lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololollolololololololo

  36. F.... E....

    ed starts with this song in the concert, was the best night💛💙

  37. Z.... ....

    ighjt so whos watching to thids 2019???!?!?






    edit: thx for 2 likesss!!!!!11!
    edit 2: omgg!!!1 5 likess?!?1 omg i love you gGuyss so mucuh!!!!11!
    edit 3: are you serious?!"?!?!?!?!1 8 LIKES?!!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!? iii loooooooove you guysSsS!!!!1!!1!111!

  38. C.... ....

    My daughter loves this so much she knows all the words 🤣

  39. P.... x....

    Someday when I no longer live in my home town, I will listen to this on my way to visit my family there.

  40. U.... O....

    Is it just me or would it be fun to just be able to completely and fully relive memories? I don't have many regrets and I don't get unbearably nostalgic about my childhood but it would be fun to just relive memories and be like, "Wow, this happened to me when I was two; can't believe I was actually conscious."

  41. b.... 2....

    This is me and my nannans favourite song im 9

  42. J.... D....

    WHAT A BLAST 🔊🔊
    CRAZY COOL VID 👌
    HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND 🍻😎

  43. R.... C....

    When I become an adult, this song will remind me the great times with my friends/classmates, family, and my town.

  44. C.... H....

    His best song by far

  45. d.... s....

    i like this song better than shape of you

  46. M.... Y....

    Great song made me drop a tear

  47. A.... T....

    His songs are stories that we all need to hear. God Bless Ed Sheeran for being himself❤

  48. O.... ....

    This made me cry legit, im drawing rn almost dropped my pen to see what this was called

  49. K.... N....

    0:50 me at school

  50. I.... W....

    I'm in highschool and I can't with this song.
    I'm in a constant state of "I can't wait to get out of this small town" and "Oh god I'm going to miss this small town."


    I can't stand knowing the faces I've seen everyday of my life, laughed with, cried with, mourned with, worked with, gotten in trouble with, and triumphed with, will become a memory to miss.
    "May these memories break our hearts" (for the bitches that are also swifties. Me. Me is bitches)

  51. J.... P....

    A Emoji: Movie's Final Trailer should exist with this song. 😍😍😍

  52. B.... E....

    My friends say they hate me.... and now I’m here...

    B.... E....

    Billie Eilish it’ll be ok if they are fake friends then leave them because they just want to hurt you ok

  53. N.... 0....

    Omg the best lyric video

  54. T.... R....

    My heart hurts now but I think it’s in a good way.

  55. A.... M....

    This song gets the feels for httyd3 💙

  56. L.... m....

    I'm not even close with my high school friends but wish i was.

    L.... m....

    Let me Think my elementary school friends left me in middle school

  57. M.... J....

    There are some feelings only one can understand. When i listen to such songs i get nostaligic and stuff about life. It feels great and saddening and the same and like i said nobody else can feel this xD

  58. K.... P....

    I miss my friends so much I want to see them again and I want my old life....we've all been through hard times but we went through them together ♥️
    This reminds of the times we'd song songs together and roll down the hills and sit on the jungle gym and look at the sky and cry together and I remember the day we met...sitting at lunch, and singing baby shark on the bus for no reason at all🤣...my school was my castle....it was literally on a hill...I miss our times together...I thank my friends for making my life and helping my thorough it ....I love y'all♥️😭

  59. s.... b....

    This song makes me think of the Losers Club. Pouring one out for stan the man and eddie spaghetti

  60. I.... A....

    Ohhh i wish i could go back to my childhood...
    Wait, what?? But i am still 17!
    Man this song...(!)

  61. �.... ....

    I think this song very nice

  62. M.... K....

    Sarina sucks

    M.... K....

    I agree!

  63. E.... B....

    Fain one !

  64. L.... B....

    This song gives me shrills every time. EVERY. DAMM.TIME

  65. J.... M....

    3:40 is when in a concert the singer cries

  66. J.... O....

    this remindes me of mah old crush oosh

  67. D.... w....

    I know this song is amazing, but can we just take a minute to admire the video? It’s so rare to find lyrics that aren’t just words pasted on a random background. The visuals just look so good and fit really well with the song

    D.... w....

    I agree

  68. G.... ....

    Hogwarts 👍

  69. N.... B....

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  70. G.... V....

    Linda canção

  71. C.... j....

    I remember httyd 3

  72. A.... ....

    This song makes me want to cry cause good memories is the sadness thing

  73. T.... ....

    When I was 15 years old, I was cracking phone passwords(set by parents)

  74. S.... I....

    EGG SHEERAN

  75. D.... I....

    Anyone knows which one ed's civil servant friend from graham norton is?

    D.... I....

    He was Ed's old friend from primary school before Ed moved to the town with the 'castle on the hill', who Ed hadn't seen in 15 years, so not a high school friend

    D.... I....

    @Veronica M thanks capt

  76. G.... ....

    Shape of You --> Only adults can easily recognize what the song intends to...
    Castle On The Hill --> Tells us about how we had grown up and still miss our past (All ages even kids can take the message from this song)
    *This song made me miss my whole family :'(*

  77. G.... F....

    I love it

  78. Y.... C....

    👏👏👏❤🙈

  79. d.... e....

    Im not kidding when I say this, my nickname at school is Ed Sheeran

  80. h.... h....

    you have no idea what if feels like to be driving down this endless field with your brother and dad in the car, the windows down pushing into your face, and then this song blasting as you scream at the top of your lungs and your heart is beating fast and you once again for this yearning for both of them to know that you love them but you do not know how to express it so you don’t say anything and instead a smile linger on your face at you look at your dad who’s been through a lot and he’s here next to you and there’s a few tears coming to your eyes and you wipe them away and it feels just so great being in this moment and you’re just really happy

  81. g.... c....

    her names Emily Miller

  82. g.... c....

    my teacher used to be ed sheerans friend

  83. E.... J....

    Felicidades encontraste un Comentario en Español! :D

  84. L.... l....

    this is a fucking masterpiece

  85. A.... H....

    I'm Italian and I live in Venice.
    My aunt moved house in Scotland (in Edinburgh), and only this Summer I went to visit her after a year. I spent my Summer there in Edinburgh. I missed her so much, she's my best friend, she's as important as my mum, and she's the only person I had when I went through bad moments, when I spent a month in hospital she was there.
    She is always here for me.
    I was so happy when I met here in June. We had so much fun together. This song always reminds me of me and her and the moments we spent. And it always makes me cry. The castle in Edinburgh, the sunset...
    I really love this song.

  86. T.... P....

    "Driving at 90"





    I think thats over a speed limit...

  87. K.... P....

    Aw...I love this song..reminds me of my life

  88. B.... J....

    The line "singing to Tiny Dancer" never fails to make me smile..

    B.... J....

    yeah a song by Ed's friend and mentor Elton John :)

  89. M.... �....

    "Driving at 90 down those country lanes"

    Then did you get a speeding ticket???

    M.... �....

    Mạnh Đức Trần lol

  90. C.... B....

    Childhood memories. It makes me feel like I missed a lot

  91. N.... G....

    this is basiclly my entire life, but no smoking or drinking

  92. �.... C....

    The nostalgia is real..

  93. D.... J....

    I love this song

  94. U.... I....

    64k dislikes never experience a happy childhood.