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.
Save your breath
I see the storm coming
I feel the clouds closing in
Hush your mouth
I'll find the words for you
Oh your poor heart don't feel the same
We'll still be friends
But I'm alone again
So you don't have to say
What you're thinking now
Baby don't be afraid
I'll try and make it easy for you
I'll cry the tears a little later on
You don't need to worry
I know I have been replaced
It's written all over your face
You wish you could
Feel the way that I do
You never meant to hurt me
The clichés good
There's someone out there waiting
Oh that I'll find along the way
But I thought that was you?
Yet I'm alone again
So you don't have to say
What you're thinking now
Baby don't be afraid
I'll try and make it easy for you
I'll cry the tears a little later on
You don't need to worry
I know I have been replaced
It's written all over your face
It's the hardest thing
You've ever had to do
You just wanna tell the truth
Well that's nice of you
But you don't have to say
What you're thinking now
Baby don't be afraid
I'll try and make it easy for you
I'll cry the tears a little later on
You don't have to let all the reasons out
But you don't have to lie
I know this is hard for you
But I deserve a little honesty
Don't even worry
I know I have been replaced
It's written all over your… face
I see the storm coming
I feel the clouds closing in
Hush your mouth
I'll find the words for you
Oh your poor heart don't feel the same
We'll still be friends
But I'm alone again
So you don't have to say
What you're thinking now
Baby don't be afraid
I'll try and make it easy for you
I'll cry the tears a little later on
You don't need to worry
I know I have been replaced
It's written all over your face
You wish you could
Feel the way that I do
You never meant to hurt me
The clichés good
There's someone out there waiting
Oh that I'll find along the way
But I thought that was you?
Yet I'm alone again
So you don't have to say
What you're thinking now
Baby don't be afraid
I'll try and make it easy for you
I'll cry the tears a little later on
You don't need to worry
I know I have been replaced
It's written all over your face
It's the hardest thing
You've ever had to do
You just wanna tell the truth
Well that's nice of you
But you don't have to say
What you're thinking now
Baby don't be afraid
I'll try and make it easy for you
I'll cry the tears a little later on
You don't have to let all the reasons out
But you don't have to lie
I know this is hard for you
But I deserve a little honesty
Don't even worry
I know I have been replaced
It's written all over your… face
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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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.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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.
I love this song! One of the best on the album :)
It's missing some lyrics at the end, though, so I've submitted a query about it with the additional lyrics.