What is the meaning behind “I’m in love with the shape of you We push and pull like a magnet do”? Shape of You by Ed Sheeran

• by imrk
• March 04, 2023

Ed employs a trope comparing his attraction to this girl to magnetic forces (e.g. “opposites attract”). It may also be a reference to the literal back and forth, pushing and pulling motions of sex. Magnets “push and pull” each other because their like poles repel and their unlike poles attract.

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