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.
I heard you were back in town
I heard you would come around
Trying to get off the ground
Every road you went down
Walked down the old street
Just to feel the old heat
If you're burning on empty
I'll be holding a golden ring
Cause hey hey, they don't know you like I do
I wait for the whole world to show you
Maybe we're not, not that gone
Do you ever think about me? Do you ever call my name?
Ask me now I'll give you the reasons
My love will not fade
Through the fire and rain, the fire and rain
I'll meet you half way
If you're coming the long way
Don't care what the people say
Of the prodigal runaway
Cause hey hey, they don't know you like I do
I wait for the whole world to show you
Maybe we're not, not that gone
Do you ever think about me? Do you ever call my name?
Ask me now I'll give you the reasons
My love will not fade
Through the fire and rain, the fire and rain
We'll say goodbye, I'm gone
Oh, it hurts to hold on
If you settle your score, no, no
Pick you up off the floor
Do you ever think about me? Do you ever call my name?
Ask me now I'll give you the reasons
My love
Do you ever think about me? Do you ever call my name?
Ask me now I'll give you the reasons
My love will not fade
Through the fire and rain, the fire and rain
The fire and rain, the fire and rain
I heard you would come around
Trying to get off the ground
Every road you went down
Walked down the old street
Just to feel the old heat
If you're burning on empty
I'll be holding a golden ring
Cause hey hey, they don't know you like I do
I wait for the whole world to show you
Maybe we're not, not that gone
Do you ever think about me? Do you ever call my name?
Ask me now I'll give you the reasons
My love will not fade
Through the fire and rain, the fire and rain
I'll meet you half way
If you're coming the long way
Don't care what the people say
Of the prodigal runaway
Cause hey hey, they don't know you like I do
I wait for the whole world to show you
Maybe we're not, not that gone
Do you ever think about me? Do you ever call my name?
Ask me now I'll give you the reasons
My love will not fade
Through the fire and rain, the fire and rain
We'll say goodbye, I'm gone
Oh, it hurts to hold on
If you settle your score, no, no
Pick you up off the floor
Do you ever think about me? Do you ever call my name?
Ask me now I'll give you the reasons
My love
Do you ever think about me? Do you ever call my name?
Ask me now I'll give you the reasons
My love will not fade
Through the fire and rain, the fire and rain
The fire and rain, the fire and rain
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Mat Kearney was recently interviewed about the new City of Black and White album:
"Fire and Rain is also one of the last songs we wrote and, I don't know, that song is definitely dealing with this kind of like, prodigal friend or something. There's like this sense of distance and you wanting to experience some sort of redemption and cover that distance and maybe bring together friendship or love or something that has fallen apart. 'I heard you were back in town,' 'I heard you were comin' around,' and that's the lyric there, you're desiring to be back in that relationship I guess."
I don't usually try to make songs sound more Christian then they are but I have a feeling it's based off the prodigal son, in Luke. I don't know if it's a direct reference to it but it definitely has themes based off of it. It can be about a girlfriend, friend, family member, or anything you want it to be. Not sure what Mat had in mind when he wrote it though.
it's not like Christians to fixate on one bit of information and ignore all other facts that don't suit them. He mentions the prodigal, but there are no other parallels with the story - no two brothers, no return seeking forgiveness, no father/benefactor figure, no wasting of a fortune. The only similarity is the word prodigal and the fact they've been away and returned. Lines like 'golden ring' implies a wedding ring, 'they don't know you like I do' implies that someone has not changed like in the prodigal son, but that they are misunderstood ....
@latexwarrior What you said about the golden ring line not fitting the prodigal son story: Luke 15: 21-22: "The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.'" No return seeking forgiveness? "Heard you were back in town, heard you were coming 'round." (return) and "my love never fades through the fire and rain" (forgiveness). And BTW Mat Kearney even said it was about the prodigal son.
I think it's about a girl who left a guy to go discover herself in this world, and he's saying that he's never stopped loving her, and that no matter where she's gone, no one knows her like he does. And even though she's hurt him, being prodigal, he feels they're "not that gone", and he still loves her