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 never thought about you this winter; I never thought 'bout you this spring
But now when the summer is here I never thought I'd think about you again
You smoke like a young Belmondo, you wear your flowers in your hair
When you were always to late, I still waited for you in this sweet summer air
So I wonder my love are you still in Vallda? Like 10 summers ago...
I wonder my love are you still in Vallda? Like 10 summers ago...
Someday I know we'll meet again but I said that every summer
And every summer is the summer closer further away from you...
But now when the summer is here I never thought I'd think about you again
You smoke like a young Belmondo, you wear your flowers in your hair
When you were always to late, I still waited for you in this sweet summer air
So I wonder my love are you still in Vallda? Like 10 summers ago...
I wonder my love are you still in Vallda? Like 10 summers ago...
Someday I know we'll meet again but I said that every summer
And every summer is the summer closer further away from you...
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
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
Radiohead
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.
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
Beautiful song, might be my favourite from the album.
"Someday I know we'll meet again But I say that every summer and every summer is the summer closer further away"
The best bit; such a wistful melody and words we can all relate to, when you've meant to stay in touch but somehow never get round to it, and it gets harder and harder as the years go on to make the first move.
A song about a love from a long time ago that she remembers and craves only in her loneliest moments. She thinks the memory has gone, yet every now and again it recurs and recurs.
So lovely.
i never thought about you this winter i never thought about you this spring but now when the summer is here i never thought i think about you again
you smoke like a young belmondo you wear yor flowers in your hair when you were always too late i still waited for you in the sweet summer air
so i wonder my love, are you still in vallda like ten summers ago so i wonder my love, are you still in vallda like ten summers ago
someday i know we'll meet again but i said that every summer and every summer is a summer closer or further away from you
closer to further away from you
one of their best songs.
belmondo was a french actor by the way, learn some popcultural references and you might hear what they sing. lol.