Shape Of You Lyrics

Lyric discussion by FC 

Cover art for Shape Of You lyrics by Ed Sheeran

A catchy-but-superficial song about meeting someone in a bar & having sex with them and then wanting more sex. How about, "I'm in love with your mind", or "I'm in love with your heart"? No, it all comes down to shallow lust. A shallow song for a shallow, 'hook-up' culture, where everyone is in love with themselves---or more accurately: in love with the image of themselves that they carefully craft & present to their social media network.

As for their connections to other people, well, that's just attention-deficit-disordered, flash-in-the-pan crushes & instant-gratification horniness. Another swipe on their smart-phone will soon present a different body for them to lust after in the never-ending flesh parade. Real, lasting relationships are dying, and people rarely sing about love these days---just hooking up. Pretty gross & sad, when you stop and think about it. But the young people grooving to songs like this are too young to have any perspective on what is happening, or where their shallow culture is leading them.

@FC Exactly. And even if there are songs about love, they don't mean shit, cause they were written by someone who was paid to do it, and felt nothing writing them. Fook the music industry!

@FC I thought this song was about someone getting a girlfriend but I was wrong it is so weird how a song can talk about sex the lyrics say nothing about having sex

@FC I thought this song was about someone getting a girlfriend but I was wrong it is so weird how a song can talk about sex the lyrics say nothing about having sex