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.
It's nice to see you again.
I love what you've done with your hair,
how it falls on your cheeks.
Your eyes reflect one-thousand bleeding hearts.
You ask me why I'm scared.
Does it seem fair?
This ordinary voice, these ordinary features,
insist on your interest. You insist on your interest.
Are you interested?
Wait just one minute before you leave.
I won't let you walk away.
And I, and i know what you're thinking before you speak.
These sweet charms. Are not working.
Am I not the one that hurts?
Am I not the one that bleeds?
these timely conversations cover all familiar themes.
Am I not the one that hurts?
Am I not the one that bleeds?
These timely discussions don't accomplish anything.
And i'd love to believe you.
and i'm dying with concern.
but we're not getting better.
and our lives are getting worse.
is it too much to ask for a girl to see the difference?
are we wasting time?
are we wasting time?
am i wasting time?
hope you say
"wait just one minute before you leave,
i wont let you walk away"
and i, and i know what you're thinking before you speak.
these sweet charms are not working.
am i not the one that hurts?
am i not the one that bleeds?
these boring conversations cover all familiar themes.
am i not the one that hurts?
am i not the one that bleeds?
these timely discussions.
they dont accomplish anything.
am i not the one that bleeds?
these boring conversations cover all familiar themes.
am i not the one that hurts?
am i not the one that bleeds?
these timely discussions.
they dont accomplish anything.
these timely discussions
they dont accomplish anything.
these timely discussions
accomplish anything...
I love what you've done with your hair,
how it falls on your cheeks.
Your eyes reflect one-thousand bleeding hearts.
You ask me why I'm scared.
Does it seem fair?
This ordinary voice, these ordinary features,
insist on your interest. You insist on your interest.
Are you interested?
Wait just one minute before you leave.
I won't let you walk away.
And I, and i know what you're thinking before you speak.
These sweet charms. Are not working.
Am I not the one that hurts?
Am I not the one that bleeds?
these timely conversations cover all familiar themes.
Am I not the one that hurts?
Am I not the one that bleeds?
These timely discussions don't accomplish anything.
And i'd love to believe you.
and i'm dying with concern.
but we're not getting better.
and our lives are getting worse.
is it too much to ask for a girl to see the difference?
are we wasting time?
are we wasting time?
am i wasting time?
hope you say
"wait just one minute before you leave,
i wont let you walk away"
and i, and i know what you're thinking before you speak.
these sweet charms are not working.
am i not the one that hurts?
am i not the one that bleeds?
these boring conversations cover all familiar themes.
am i not the one that hurts?
am i not the one that bleeds?
these timely discussions.
they dont accomplish anything.
am i not the one that bleeds?
these boring conversations cover all familiar themes.
am i not the one that hurts?
am i not the one that bleeds?
these timely discussions.
they dont accomplish anything.
these timely discussions
they dont accomplish anything.
these timely discussions
accomplish anything...
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
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Yo La Tengo
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
No Surprises
Radiohead
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
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Blue
Ed Sheeran
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“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
does anyone know where to get remember maine? i loved the music before The Academy Is... but never got the chance to get it..