Dear Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard,While I do respect the fact that your career in life is to write songs and that you feel threatened because Ed Sheeran wrote a song that sounds very similar to yours, I seriously hate you guys. Every year someone has to sue another artist because they believe the song sounds too "similar" to theirs, and they feel they deserve half the money for it. But seriously? You guys already make so much money, why do you need to sue someone and ruin what their music does for their fans? Did you two ever stop to think about how you suing him would destroy every one of his fans? An artist like Ed Sheeran doesn't come around much anymore, and the way his lyrics and songs impact every one of his fans is incredible. Ed Sheeran is pure and connects to his fans in ways that your small, little minds wouldn't understand. I feel bad for you. You guys must have honestly thought that your stupid and generic song would connect to millions around the world. But guess what? It didn't because you don't know what anyone is going through these days. How could you? You're millionaires and your small, almost nonexistent fan base isn't. What other songs have you written anyway? No one even knows because, until you sued Ed Sheeran, no one even knew your names. You know the only thing that comes up when I type both of your names into Google is the fact that you are suing? How pathetic is that? For those of us who have lost someone, gone through darkness and reached the other side, and are still struggling, Ed Sheeran's music was our savior, and your music is a piece of crap.

If I had not discovered Ed Sheeran's music, I don't know where I would be today. When I was in my bed, staring a wall with tears running down my face as depression was consuming me, his music was the only thing that kept me alive and fighting. When I put my earphones in and played his songs, I somehow knew I wasn't alone, and that someone out there who didn't even know me, understood me. His music lifted me from my deeply depressed mind in ways that you two wouldn't even understand. And now you're trying to take that away from me and all of his fans? Seriously? Do you even understand what you are doing?

When you decided to do this lawsuit, you took that safety net away from me and anyone who was touched by his songs. By suing him, you have basically told everyone that everything he is and does is a lie, all because you wanted to make some quick money. You sit there and tell all of his fans that the music he writes is fake and that he must not understand what any of us is going through. You've taken the one person who has been there for us away and have left us to fall, all because you claim that some generic, could've-been-written-by-anyone-song was stolen from you.

And you know what, maybe it is true. Maybe he did copy your music and maybe he is a liar and a cheat. But you didn't need to point that out. Just because you wrote a song for a star who crumbled and didn't become famous, doesn't mean you needed to be famous by suing someone else. You two didn't think about anyone else when you decided to act, and didn't even consider the fact that maybe the song you wrote, you could've heard somewhere else, considering he wrote the song around the same time as you claim to. This also doesn't contribute to the fact that he writes all his own music, and probably wrote the song on the guitar before he even recorded it in the studio. Also, his song has been out for so long — way before it was on the radio — so please sirs, explain to me why it took you so long to realize that his song "copied" yours?

I hate you guys for not thinking about anyone else before you made your decision. Even if you do win the money, I hope you know no one is going to listen to any of your songs after this. I hope you know that no one is going to believe you anyway, and that everyone is still going to support Ed Sheeran despite the outcome.

I hope you know what you have done to his fan base, and how the songs that have basically saved lives are now being questioned because you wanted to make money. So thank you. Thank you for breaking my heart and being selfish. Thank you for almost ruining my image of Ed Sheeran. Thank you for taking away songs that mean so much to me. Thank you for making me question one of the truest and purest people in the world. Thank you for taking a person who actually makes meaningful and decent music and shoving it in my face. Thank you for being a bunch of a-holes.

I hate you and everything you stand for. I also hated the song you wrote by the way. It was nothing compared to the thought-out "Photograph" song Ed Sheeran wrote. It was so generic and, honestly, they don't even sound the same when you listen to them side by side. Anyone could've written your song, but no one could've written Ed Sheeran's. So please take your 39 notes that are "identical" and shove it somewhere else. I hope you lose and make none of the money you're hoping to gain because true artists wouldn't even care about $20 million. True artists care about their fans and making connections. So, thank you for bringing the fans of Ed Sheeran closer, and for showing your true colors. As a fan of Ed's, I am not going anywhere, and you suing him doesn't change a thing.

Yours Truly,
A pissed off Ed Sheeran fan