what is the song don't by ed sheeran about
Don't (Ed Sheeran song)
The lyrics consist of three verses , which Sheeran elaborated : `` The first verse is the setup , the second explains the situation , and the third is the outcome , with a chorus in between each . '' A lyrical screed , it alludes to events attendant to the short - lived relationship Sheeran had with another singer . He sings : `` For me and her , we make money the same way / Four cities , two planes in the same day . '' Sheeran scorned the former girl for having sex with another guy , and expressed an expletive such as in the line `` Do n't fuck with my love '' . Sheeran revealed he wrote the song out of frustration , and , story-wise , the lyrics are self - explanatory . He recalled the events that inspired his writing : `` ( ... ) it was one of those situations where someone comes across as a very , very sweet , innocent person , and you take that for granted , then stuff unravels and you see a different side to them . '' The song was therapeutic because writing it made him feel better afterwards . Tabloids 
The lyrics consist of three verses , which Sheeran elaborated : `` The first verse is the setup , the second explains the situation , and the third is the outcome , with a chorus in between each . '' A lyrical screed , it alludes to events attendant to the short - lived relationship Sheeran had with another singer . He sings : `` For me and her , we make money the same way / Four cities , two planes in the same day . '' Sheeran scorned the former girl for having sex with another guy , and expressed an expletive such as in the line `` Do n't fuck with my love '' . Sheeran revealed he wrote the song out of frustration , and , story-wise , the lyrics are self - explanatory . He recalled the events that inspired his writing : `` ( ... ) it was one of those situations where someone comes across as a very , very sweet , innocent person , and you take that for granted , then stuff unravels and you see a different side to them . '' The song was therapeutic because writing it made him feel better afterwards . Tabloids
The song  alludes to events attendant to the short - lived relationship Sheeran had with another singer .
Sheeran scorned the former girl for having sex with another guy , and expressed an expletive such as in the line `` Do n't fuck with my love '' .
A lyrical screed , it alludes to events attendant to the short - lived relationship Sheeran had with another singer . Sheeran scorned the former girl for having sex with another guy , and expressed an expletive such as in the line `` Do n't fuck with my love '' .