Photograph (Ed Sheeran Acoustic Cover) - Cory Asbury

Hey y'all! Wanted to post a brand new original today but didn't have time to get the video ready, so here's a cover of a song I really love by an incredible artist who goes by the name of Ed Sheeran. If you haven't heard his version yet, please look it up so you can cry and cry. Also, please excuse the multiple mistakes in this "one-take". This song was a lot harder to sing and play (and remember lyrics for) than I thought. 😬😬😬 Hope you enjoy it!

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Lyrics:
Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
When it gets hard, you know it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing that makes us feel alive

We keep this love in a photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts are never broken
And time's forever frozen still

So you can keep me inside the pocket of your ripped jeans
Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet
You won't ever be alone, wait for me to come home
And if you hurt me
That's okay baby, only words bleed
Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won't ever let you go
Wait for me to come home

Love can heal, loving can mend your soul
And it's the only thing that I know, know
I swear it will get easier
Remember that with every piece of you
Hm, and it's the only thing we take with us when we die

You can fit me inside the necklace you got when you were sixteen
Next to your heartbeat where I should be
Keep it deep within your soul

When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me
Under the lamppost back on Sixth street
Hearing you whisper through the phone,
"Wait for me to come home"

[DustinRitt]

This is the cover I didn’t realize I needed.

[tatiannamaldonado]

When you hit the chorus, legit got chills.

[lightningsamurai]

Psalms 84:11 (KJV) For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

[noahanderson]

My wife won't give Ed Sheeran the time of day but says this man never ceases to "touch her" with his voice. Props brother! Keep the music coming!

[michelsongutierrez]

It's always nice to see a live cover on YouTube. Overly produced covers don't hit the same as live. Great stuff man!

[carterarrambide]

Man I love your voice! And also your endless supply of Martin guitars 😂

[C.reativeoutflow]

Cory Asbury has the best and smoothest intros...CHANGE MY MIND!!

[michaela]

Cory, your voice single handedly changed my life. Something about your voice makes you deliver messages differently, as if you were telling me something in a language only you and I could understand. I’ve heard all of your music and play it on repeat. This cover brought me to tears and made me hear the song and interpret the lyrics in a way I haven’t before. I’m going through a hard time. Could you please, please, please cover before you go by Lewis Capaldi. Just like you do in these one take loft sessions. Please upvote so he sees guys❤️

[dylankulina]

Cory! Bro you gotta do a Scientist cover on here! You did one on live like 2 years ago lol and I screen record and still listen to it on the regular to this day, but man I’d KILL for like an actually good one that isn’t from IG Live & an iPhone mic! Haha, love the content man, keep killin it

[deborahrosenberg]

Why did you have to go and cover this song? Now I can’t appreciate the original as much because this is amazing.

[theyamsagrav]

I confess, never hear the song before, Google it... then... bro... nothing else to say: beautiful play! 🔥🔥🔥 thanks for share your talent. God bless you more

[bethanywhitaker]

You need to upload these covers and one take's to Spotify!

[Emmagineva]

I remember when this song first came out— I filmed a video of my baby girl swinging to this song and her smile melted every care away. Your singing does the exact same thing for me. Thank you. ♥️

[joeydf]

Its the breath at the end I relate with brother. When the guitar and voice become one it is that breath I do not know how to explain. Is it a cleansing breath? I am not sure, But I have felt it too. Knowing the power and meaning of the song to others when a lyric is written so beautiful I think might be the root of where the breath after a song like that comes from.

[melia]

That bridge though! Absolute perfection

[ashue]

I have no idea how YouTube came to recommend me this but I'm so glad that it did, beautiful cover man

[lucassankey]

Great job bro, I love that you are doing these. It’s so fun to see the range of your voice and what you can do. This is my favorite so far!

[MissSweetKendra]

What in the out of this world His Voice is melted butter

[ramyel-naggar]

very rarely am i impressed by covers bro, but seriously this is a banger. keep it up man.

[vitorsantfran]

A beautiful romantic song cover. May your life and gift be always to glorify God!