This research studies about telic and atelic in a song lyrics by Ed Sheeran. Thernaims of this study are to recognize the semantic purposes of lyrics on the song byrnEd Sheeran. To achieve the aims of the study, the writer uses Saeed‘s theory ofrntelic and atelic. Out of 8 songs that the writer analysed from Ed Sheeran‘s song,rnthe writer found that it has same amount of telic and atelic wh…