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.
There's a cold,
Easy glow
Dancing over our street.
I could have chased it down.
I could've held your love,
But wouldn't you think me weak.
Of all, I should know
How the streets come and go
When you chased the kaleidoscope dream,
But stranger, baby, always keep me
In your sweet memory.
Biting cold, precious calling,
Drowned me under our street.
Perfect hips, perfects hips, she was,
Perfect lips, pieces of your heart
Splattered on the cliff.
We go home, watch a movie.
Tell me can you feel the beat?
Getting worse, getting worse,
She was, letting those feelings loose
She was, becoming a monster.
She drew the line in the mind,
She was through holding on.
Look at me, can't you see? I'm in love,
Hold me tight. There, you got it.
And did you find that you like a little
Piece of cherry pie,
Hot from the oven.
And it was 'who let the girl out'
(Let the dog out) 'let the girl out',
Don't you miss me the way I miss you.
Sailor, Sailor, Sailor,
I'm sending birds to watch over you.
What you see, how did we used to love,
Hold me tight. There, you got it.
And all you need, honestly,
A little piece of cherry pie,
Hot from the oven.
On your knees, face me, cherry pie, baby.
Easy glow
Dancing over our street.
I could have chased it down.
I could've held your love,
But wouldn't you think me weak.
Of all, I should know
How the streets come and go
When you chased the kaleidoscope dream,
But stranger, baby, always keep me
In your sweet memory.
Biting cold, precious calling,
Drowned me under our street.
Perfect hips, perfects hips, she was,
Perfect lips, pieces of your heart
Splattered on the cliff.
We go home, watch a movie.
Tell me can you feel the beat?
Getting worse, getting worse,
She was, letting those feelings loose
She was, becoming a monster.
She drew the line in the mind,
She was through holding on.
Look at me, can't you see? I'm in love,
Hold me tight. There, you got it.
And did you find that you like a little
Piece of cherry pie,
Hot from the oven.
And it was 'who let the girl out'
(Let the dog out) 'let the girl out',
Don't you miss me the way I miss you.
Sailor, Sailor, Sailor,
I'm sending birds to watch over you.
What you see, how did we used to love,
Hold me tight. There, you got it.
And all you need, honestly,
A little piece of cherry pie,
Hot from the oven.
On your knees, face me, cherry pie, baby.
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A Little Piece Lyrics as written by Samuel Lockwood Nik Kaloper
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Personally, I find that this song has very strong lesbian connotations. Like, whoa. Whenever I hear this song, neon signs pop up everywhere in my head.
Do these lines sound even a little euphemistic to anyone else?
"We go home, watch a movie. Tell me can you feel the beat? Getting loose, getting loose she was, Letting those feeling loose; She was, becoming a monster."
and
"On your knees, face me, cherry pie, baby."
Also, I absolutely love the way she sings "splattered on the cliff", "let the dog out (in?)" and "I'm sending birds to watch over you". It's amazing.
@Almondy Just curious about you're interpretation, how are watching a movie, feeling the beat, getting loose, becoming a monster euphemisms for lesbian love? I get the last one though :D Could you just explain? I'd really like to hear your thoughts on this :)
Hey, your lyrics sound right. At least that's how I would have transcribed it too. But the band's posted up a copy of the lyrics on the forum and they're like so:
There’s a cold, easy glow dancing over our street. I could have chased it down. I could’ve held your love, But wouldn’t you think me weak?
Of all, I should know How the streets come and go When you chase the kaleidoscope dream, but, Stranger, baby, always keep me in your sweet memory.
Biting cold, thrashing, scolding, Drowned me under our street. Perfect hips, perfects tits she was. Perfect lips, pieces of your heart, Splattered on the cliff.
We go home, watch a movie. Tell me can you feel the beat? Getting loose, getting loose she was, Letting those feeling loose; She was, becoming a monster.
She drew the line in the mind. She was not holding on.
And have you been through the sea, on the night? Hold me tight. Babe, we’ve got it. And did you find that you’d like a little Piece of cherry pie, hot from the oven?
The oven?
And it was “who let the girl out”, Let the dog out “let the girl out”, Don’t you miss me the way I miss you?
Sailor, Sailor, Sailor, I’m sending birds to watch over you. And when you see Honah Lee is a lie, Hold me tight. Babe, we’ve got it.
All you need, honestly, A little piece of cherry pie, Hot from the oven. On your knees, face me, Cherry pie, baby.
Thanks for that, I revised them. The funny thing is that when I was listening through it and got to the "Honah Lee" part, I was like "that's not a word," and replaced a guess at words. Then, it turns out to be that and as I read it, I go "Oh, like from Puff the magic dragon." <br /> <br /> Either way, great tune, thanks for the update.
So lovely.
I find it a bit melancholic but it's a definite favorite.
It sounds like someone walked out on Hayley (just assuming for the sake of making things easier) for someone else, someone that was physically "perfect". Hayley's former lover (I have to agree with Almondy, there are strong lesbian overtones here) was chasing the dream of having a very attractive girlfriend, and the first verse is her saying that she could have fought for her ex, could have chased her/him, but that would seem desperate. The hot chick breaks his/her heart, and he/she comes crawling back to Hayley. They watch a movie, and I'm not sure which of them is becoming the monster - either the ex because she's using Hayley for sex (the whole "piece of cherry pie" business), or Hayley because she's going to make the ex pay for dumping her. I think the whole "Sailor, sailor" and "Honah Lee" verse is referring to the Puff The Magic Dragon/the theme song, which Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) said was about the loss of innocence/imagination as you're growing up - this fits in with the kaleidoscope dream line earlier, maybe it's referring to the ex's delusions about what life with the other person would be like? The last verse seems overtly sexual - Hayley's taking control of the relationship, sexually and otherwise. Favorite part: "Stranger, baby, always keep me in your sweet memory." Amazing line.
To me, the song starts off about how hard it is to be who we want to be 'I could’ve held your love, But wouldn’t you think me weak?' She worries too much about what he'll think of her, even though she knows what she wants.
'Of all, I should know How the streets come and go' This seems to suggest, that she of all people, is familiar with how the 'streets', what I believe is a metaphor for her romantic partner, the street being how she accesses the wider world, suggesting how important have a sexual partner is to her, and she has problems holding one down.
'When you chase the kaleidoscope dream, but, Stranger, baby, always keep me in your sweet memory.' What I think she means by kaleidoscope dream, is chasing after pretty things, such as some perfect, beautiful woman that is not her, 'Stranger, baby' seems to mark how he has become a stranger to her, yet still uses this term of endearment. As most people can understand, she doesn't want to be forgotten and wants him to think of their time together as something dear to him.
'Perfect hips, perfects tits she was. Perfect lips, pieces of your heart, Splattered on the cliff.' These physical features relate back to the 'kaleidoscope' dream, as this guy chases these pretty things that he values for whatever reason, Pieces of your heart, not his whole heart, Instead of invoking emotional detachment from things, Suggests his heart is now fragmented and not whole, Just like his quest for these physical features is not whole, but just some shallow thing to go after, The existence of the cliff just suggesting how hard it is to overcome, going further than 'steep hill'.
'We go home, watch a movie. Tell me can you feel the beat? Getting loose, getting loose she was, Letting those feelings loose; She was, becoming a monster.' The beat could be referring to an underlying theme behind what we can see, behind physical characteristics, again relating back to the guy's quest for physical perfection, as well as the beat of her heart, beating for him. The third person 'she' when it really refers to her, suggests that she was a person that she isn't any more, by letting loose, it suggests she was just doing whatever she felt like and not thinking things through enough.
And I'm gonna stop right there, unless someone would like me to continue expressing my interpretation of the lyrics.
My interpretation is that this song is about a prostitute somewhat tormented about selling herself. It is told partly in the third person with the "she was" and "the girl" referring to herself when she is judging herself. (btw, it is "let the dog IN")
She fights getting attached to her johns, fights wanting them to get attached to her. Fights thinking it is more than purely sex.
But at the end of the day, she knows she is selling sex. That sweet, sweet voice sings to the sailor about the hot cherry pie she has to offer.
I absolutely LOVE this song. I feel that it's about a girl who was left for someone else, and is still holding on to what they had, but understands the temptation and the need to try other things. She, however, feels that he/she will eventually come crawling back to the love (sexual and emotional) that they had.
There's a cold, easy glow dancing over our street. I could have chased it down. I could've held your love, But wouldn't you think me weak?
Of all, I should know How the streets come and go When you chase the kaleidoscope dream, but, Stranger, baby, always keep me in your sweet memory.
Biting cold, thrashing, scolding, Drowned me under our street. Perfect hips, perfects tits she was. Perfect lips, pieces of your heart, Splattered on the cliff.
We go home, watch a movie. Tell me can you feel the beat? Getting loose, getting loose she was, Letting those feeling loose; She was, becoming a monster.
She drew the line in the mind. She was not holding on.
And have you been through the sea, on the night? Hold me tight. Babe, we've got it. And did you find that you'd like a little Piece of cherry pie, hot from the oven?
Sailor, Sailor, Sailor, I'm sending birds to watch over you. And when you see Honah Lee is a lie, Hold me tight. Babe, we've got it.