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.
Tell me a story
How you beat the giants
How you make this little world spin
You're such a riot
You're a genius of the worst kind
You're a martyr in your own mind
Why do you have to be the one
That loves to hurt me so
Why must i be the one
That just cant let go
Tell me a story
Of your long lost desire
Of the weight of the world
And the beautiful liar
I've seen good intentions face down on the floor
You scratch my back
I'll stab yours
Why do you have to be the one
That loves to hurt me so
Why must i be the one
That just cant let go
I am a rock
With no hard feelings
The cynical backlash
Has got me reeling
We've lost your results
We've lost all ideals
So hows the wife doing
And how do you feel
Why do you have to be the one
That loves to hurt me so
Why must i be the one
That just cant let go
How you beat the giants
How you make this little world spin
You're such a riot
You're a genius of the worst kind
You're a martyr in your own mind
Why do you have to be the one
That loves to hurt me so
Why must i be the one
That just cant let go
Tell me a story
Of your long lost desire
Of the weight of the world
And the beautiful liar
I've seen good intentions face down on the floor
You scratch my back
I'll stab yours
Why do you have to be the one
That loves to hurt me so
Why must i be the one
That just cant let go
I am a rock
With no hard feelings
The cynical backlash
Has got me reeling
We've lost your results
We've lost all ideals
So hows the wife doing
And how do you feel
Why do you have to be the one
That loves to hurt me so
Why must i be the one
That just cant let go
Lyrics submitted by TJsGirl
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
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.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
This song, I like. But these lryics are the slightest bit off. The lryics I have that are on the CD These In-Between times just say "cynical backlash", not "the". and the part that says "has got me reeling" does not end a stanza (hope I used the right word). The lyrics I have, have all the lyrics/lines between "I am a rock" thorugh "and how do you feel?" as one stanza.
Just trying to be helpful...again
i love this song. i'm going to break it apart & put what i think it means.
Tell me a story How you beat the giants How you make this little world spin You're such a riot You're a genius of the worst kind You're a martyr in your own mind
he's complaining about her own opinions of herself... he's calling her arrogant, maybe trying to convince himself of this bad quality so he can feel better about the situation, maybe not. he talks to her in a tone that's ironically condescending for this particular accusation- "you're a genius of the worst kind, you're a martyr in your own mind" thus implying she's not all that great at all, still trying to convince himself he doesn't care. which leads to the chorus...
Why do you have to be the one That loves to hurt me so Why must i be the one That just cant let go
ohhh he's admitting it to himself, and to her! she "loves to hurt him" but he "can't let go" & he doesn't understand why. who hasn't been in this situation before? it bites.
Tell me a story Of your long lost desire Of the weight of the world And the beautiful liar I've seen good intentions face down on the floor You scratch my back I'll stab yours
here it's a little hard to tell if he's seriously looking up to her or mocking her. the beginning sounds like it could be that he really wants to hear of her adventures, but i don't think so. i think he's almost chastising her for having things in her life that she likes better than him. he's trying to make them seem smaller so he can convince himself he doesn't need her. the line "you scratch my back, i'll stab yours" shows that he's got anger with this issue- he wants to hurt her because she's hurting him.
the chorus again is him admitting, as painful as it is, that he really does want to be with her, and "can't let go" of her.
I am a rock With no hard feelings The cynical backlash Has got me reeling
the line "i am a rock with no hard feelings" seems like he's trying to convince either her or himself that he doesn't care- he has no hard feelings toward her because she doesn't matter to him. the next line is maybe about the fact that he's trying & getting shut down- the cynical backlash (rejection?) has got him reeling.
We've lost your results We've lost all ideals So hows the wife doing And how do you feel
the first two lines, their relationship is basically horrible now, they've lost everything good they had, but he still can't walk away from her, or let her walk away. the line about the wife... seriously confuses me. i don't get it.
the chorus closes it, & he's back where he has to admit to himself he's not over her & isn't ready yet to be without her.
just my opinion.
anyone have any ideas about the wife line?
that part confused me too! Either she went from straight to...yeah...or he just seems to be talking to a friend of his who is a guy who's had a wonderful relationship...either that or he's just mocking her and trying to put her down and show her how she messed up. Just what I think...probably wrong...I'll ask TJ about it next time I talk to him.
This song is actually about a guy at his record label [his old record label so no, not Robby.] who really just made him feel like crap. TJ was a teenager at the time. I have the video from the MIA Live at the Center where he explains it somewhere....
Really? That's makes it much clearer. Wow, poor TJ! I feel so bad because all the bad things that have happened to him, and he's so young! =(
This was GREAT when they started it off with a groove version at FYE.