The song "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift and Post Malone tells a story about strong feelings, complicated relationships, and secret wishes. It talks about love, betrayal, and wanting someone who doesn't feel the same. The word "fortnight" shows short-lived happiness and guilty pleasures, leading to sadness. It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she kickstarts the song in the first verse with lines suggesting an admission to a hospital for people with mental illnesses. She goes in the verse admitting her lover is the reason why she is like this. In the chorus, she sings about their time in love and reflects on how he has now settled with someone else. “I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary / And I love you, it’s ruining my life,” on the second verse she details her struggles to forget about him and the negative effects of her failure. “Thought of callin’ ya, but you won’t pick up / ‘Nother fortnight lost in America,” Post Malone sings in the outro.
An offering of reasons
(To) put them all in play
A covering of treasons
That one by one we let slip away
A solitary dancer
So lost upon her stage
I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you there before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore
A study made from winter
Of summers long ago
And dreams that use to glitter
Safely now hidden under snow
And so we end this chapter
And let the stage lights fade
I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you there before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore
(To) put them all in play
A covering of treasons
That one by one we let slip away
A solitary dancer
So lost upon her stage
I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you there before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore
A study made from winter
Of summers long ago
And dreams that use to glitter
Safely now hidden under snow
And so we end this chapter
And let the stage lights fade
I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you there before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore
Lyrics submitted by gnatman, edited by wayoutsidethelines
Edge of Thorns Lyrics as written by John O'neill John Oliva
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
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Just A Little Lovin'
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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first i want to start by saying this reminds me of a friend of mine on multiple levels. he played the CD constantly over the summer when i worked with him, but the song definetly describes a part of his life with his ex.
it's a song completly based on denial. how many times have we told ourselves, told others we're over a person whe we clearly arent? he's basically saying "I was your soulmate, i've known you forever, but i swear, i could get over you".
i love the stage metaphor.
Kinda like a reflection song about a failed relation. I did everything for you, cared about you, we aren't together now, I have to stop thinking about it.
"A study made from winter Of summers long ago"
This song is a bittersweet reminiscence of an old lover.
"I have seen you on the edge of dawn Felt you there before you were born Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns"
He remembers her as his soulmate, as perfection. He had done so much... But then comes what is, for me, the most significant part of the song:
"But I don't think about you anymore"
But, you do think about her. 'You', the speaker; 'you', the listener who identifies with the song. You're thinking about her as you wrote this song; every time you perform the song; every time you listen to the song; right now as you're reading this, as I'm typing this.
I feel that this same theme (the same relationship) is revisited in 'Conversation Piece'.
"I haven't thought about you for awhile..."
Anyone thought about the line “felt you here before you were born” as a narrative? We know the theme is regret. I just wonder if it’s about a lost (by whatever reason) child?
Sounds like a failed relationship. When they were together the lover committed many small treasons and tried to cover them with half-hearted reasons. Together they let too many of them slip away.
She means well but is just misguided in her stage (her life) and so he had to end it even though he carries the strongest feelings for her. Ultimately he knows she carved her own grave by not taking proper care of her dreams and goals. He obviously still thinks a lot about her even as he screams he doesn't - what is meant is he just doesn't see her as a lover anymore.
Even on those summers they were together she was somehow too cold and because of this the dreams they once shared are now buried forever in snow.
I interpret this dream as being about parents who try to pre-decide the whole life for their kids. Fits with the quote "Felt you there before you were born. Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns". This isn\'t about romantic love, because you obviously shouldn\'t think about your romantic partner before they were born
They made a video for this song.
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