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.
Everyday each fucking day I pray
I pray to a god I know does not exist
For a way some fucking way someday
For a way to make my way
Through this world full of shit
I've got nothing left
I await the angel of death
I've lost too many times
Too many times to count the pain is so great
I never asked for life
I wish at birth I had died
I try to drown this hurt
Death will be the cure for all pain
I pray to a god I know does not exist
For a way some fucking way someday
For a way to make my way
Through this world full of shit
I've got nothing left
I await the angel of death
I've lost too many times
Too many times to count the pain is so great
I never asked for life
I wish at birth I had died
I try to drown this hurt
Death will be the cure for all pain
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Y' know, sometimes when I get up in the morning, I don't know if I can face another day 'Cause shit's been so fuckin' hard for so fuckin' long And it don't seem like shit's ever gonna change Sometimes it seems like shit ain't doin' nothin' but gettin' worse
Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I really despise what I see 'Cause pride, strength, honor, love, and life They don't seem to have a whole lot to do with me
It feels like something went wrong with me a long time ago Something inside me, way down deep died And I can't remember when I just don't know where the fuck I went wrong
What's life but a river of tears anyway, huh?
[2X] Every day Each fuckin' day I pray I pray to a god that I know does not exist For a way Some fuckin' way Some day For a way to make my way through this world full of shit
I've got nothing left I wait for the angel of death I've lost too many times Too many times to count The pain is great
Let me tell you somethin' Rock bottom is a sweet fuckin' dream A myth made up by a liar Whose despair is a void you can slip into forever
I've been as low as you can go And I guess when you're at the bottom, the only place you can go is up But every time I start to get ahead Every time I start to get somewhere It seems like someone or something just knocks me the fuck back down One step forward, two steps back
I read somewhere that without hope, man is but an animal I think I've lost hope
I've got nothing left I wait for the angel of death I've lost too many times Too many times to count The pain is great
And I'm so fuckin' tired of being fucked up all the time But I can't seem to do it any other way Maybe I'm not as strong as you But sometimes, my fucked-up life, it brings me down when I look around
My life, it didn't make me hard It just hardened something way down deep inside me I think it was my humanity I want it back I wanna feel normal again, I wanna feel like a human
I don't wanna be like this no more I'm just lookin' for some kind of shelter or salvation Or just somethin' to believe in Or maybe just... Just someone to care
I've got nothing left I wait for the angel of death I've lost too many times Too many times to count The pain is great
I never asked for life I wish that at birth I had died I tried to drown this hurt Death will be the cure for all this pain
[2X] Every day Each fuckin' day I pray I pray to a god that I know does not exist For a way Some fuckin' way Some day For a way to make my way through this world full of shit
I've got nothing left I wait for the angel of death I've lost too many times Too many times to count The pain is great
I never asked for life I wish that at birth I had died I tried to drown this hurt Death will be the cure for all this pain
[2X] Every day Each fuckin' day I pray I pray to a god that I know does not exist For a way Some fuckin' way Some day For a way to make my way through this world full of shit
I've got nothing left I wait for the angel of death I've lost too many times Too many times to count The pain is great
I never asked for life I wish that at birth I had died I tried to drown this hurt Death will be the cure for all this pain
[2X] Every day Each fuckin' day I pray I pray to a god that I know does not exist For a way Some fuckin' way Some day For a way to make my way through this world full of shit
There's nowhere to turn Everyone betrays you You can't trust anyone, and I'm so fuckin' paranoid I'm always waiting for the fall, for the let-down There's just nobody for sure
I can't remember when a day's gone by that I haven't thought about takin' myself out I know I ain't shit And I know I ain't ever gonna be shit I got no future But I think I could deal with it I think I could live If I could look at just one person, and see them smile at me, and know that they meant it
[4X] Every day Each fuckin' day I pray I pray to a god that I know does not exist For a way Some fuckin' way Some day For a way to make my way through this world full of shit
Redemption denied