This “debaucherous” little number is the fifth song off of The Punch Brothers' fourth studio album The Phosphorescent Blues. Magnet tells the story of two young lovers or “magnets” having come across each other, being instantly attracted, and taking turns, in the form of verses, being more daring in...
[Verse 1]
I pinned her to the wall and said
I wanna take you home, I wanna take you home
Think about it
She threw me to the floor and said
I wanna take you home, I wanna take you home
Think about it
[Pre-Chorus]
What's the center between two centers of attention?
Is there a center between two centers of attention?
Or only tension between two centers of attention?
And then there's– mm
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a magnet
And you're a magnet
And we're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
Baby, I'm a blank check
And you're a blank check
To whose order we going to pay?
To whose order we going to pay?
To whose order we going to pay?
[Verse 2]
I laughed away a tear and said
What if you took me now? What if you took me here?
Think about it
She locked the hallway door and said
You’re gonna take me now, you're gonna take me here
Don’t think about it
But I thought about it
[Pre-Chorus]
What's the center between two centers of attention?
The center of attention's it's own center of attention
There's only tension between two centers of attention
And then there's– oh, yes
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a magnet
And you're a magnet
And we're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
Oh, baby, I'm a blank check
And you're a blank check
Our very own order to pay
Our very own order to pay
Our very own order to pay
'Cause we're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
'Cause we're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
Baby, I'm a magnet
Magnet was produced by T Bone Burnett.
Punch Brothers released Magnet on Tue Jan 27 2015.