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.
Oh, street walker in cloves
Tell me where you go
Tell me where you go
Tell me where you go,
Tell me where you walk without moving at all
Oh what a pretty high note
Where you run to, I'll go glistening
I should never know that
You were far from me,
But here in sin
Because I want water where it's found
And you know, there there.
Oh tell me where you go
In the night, shadows are walking on the wall
Street walker where I go, is all of my fault
Just tell me where you are
Tell me where you love without leaving at all, and I'll go!
Oh what a pretty high note
Where you run to, I'll go glistening
I should never know that
You were far from me,
But here in sin
Because I want water where it's found
And you know
If there is water, you'll drown
Drown down in it
Drowning! drowning! drowning!
Oh what a pretty high note
Where you run to, I'll go glistening
I should never know that
You were far from me,
But here in sin
Because I want water where it's found
And you know
If there is water, you'll drown
Drown down in it
Tell me where you go
Tell me where you go
Tell me where you go,
Tell me where you walk without moving at all
Oh what a pretty high note
Where you run to, I'll go glistening
I should never know that
You were far from me,
But here in sin
Because I want water where it's found
And you know, there there.
Oh tell me where you go
In the night, shadows are walking on the wall
Street walker where I go, is all of my fault
Just tell me where you are
Tell me where you love without leaving at all, and I'll go!
Oh what a pretty high note
Where you run to, I'll go glistening
I should never know that
You were far from me,
But here in sin
Because I want water where it's found
And you know
If there is water, you'll drown
Drown down in it
Drowning! drowning! drowning!
Oh what a pretty high note
Where you run to, I'll go glistening
I should never know that
You were far from me,
But here in sin
Because I want water where it's found
And you know
If there is water, you'll drown
Drown down in it
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I think that, on the surface, this song is the story of a prostitute who walks the street at night and and lives "in sin." However, notice how this song is wrought with irony. The "street walker" walks "without moving at all," and wears cloves [which are associated with Easter because their budded shape resembles the nails of the Cross] although she lives a life of sin and defilement. These small examples of irony hint at the central contradiction the speaker finds within himself:
"Because I want water where it's found And you know If there is water, you'll drown"
Here the irony is that, although the singer desires water [which is essential to life], he stays far away from it because he fears drowning. In this way, the "water" represents his simultaneous need for and fear of love. Although he needs love, he is too scared to venture away from the street walker's shadow to find a relationship with true substance. So, he uses prostitutes, or perhaps shallow and baseless relations, as a substitution for a loving relationship with true substance. Also, the singer continually seems to chase after the street walker, saying "tell me where you go," and finally, "tell me where you love without leaving at all." He keeps running and chasing after the street walker the same way that he futilely attempts to overcome his fear and find lasting love. But sadly, he finds himself running after a glistening mirage that leaves him as soon as he gets too close. Maybe he is even the one to back off before he gets too intimate with anyone. Whatever the reason, the final piece of irony is heartbreaking: He is so afraid that love will drown him in sorrow that he ultimately finds himself drowned in loneliness.
Thanks!<br /> <br /> The part that confused me was the cloves reference. Thank God for the internet. That's not really something we use in my culture.<br /> <br /> Not to mention that no one I know uses the word "street walker", as opposed to other vulgar terms. Maybe the contradiction of the cloves and the name of the song with her being a prostitute is an argument towards saints in general. That what we consider holy at times is a result of blissfully ignoring aspects of that something that cloud that ideal image that we want to have- and in this over exaggerated case, the aspect that is being under-shadowed is one that happens to be the exact opposite of the "saint" aspect. I know it sounds confusing, but it's a little far-fetched anyway.<br /> <br /> Regardless, this really sets the bar.
This is a great song probably one of the best from the album , but I guess nobody knows what this song is about.
Some of the lyrics make me thing that he's singing about a prostitute.
"I should never know that you were far from me, but here in sin." "In the night shadows are walking on the wall ... Tell me where you love without leaving at all and I'll go!"
And from the way the chorus goes maybe she's getting in too deep, and he's obsessing about it; "Because I want water where it's found / and you know if there's water, you'll drown / drown in it."
At least that's the impression I got from it..
This song is indeed about a prostitute.
Street walker is a fairly common euphemism for a prostitute, as they walk the street to put themselves on display/get picked up by johns.
This song reminds me of the Moulin Rouge when the man falls in love with the prostitute because she can sing and she's beautiful. And while she wants to be with him, she can't find a way out of the hole she's dug herself into. Which is where all the irony come in. It seems to me, like the contrasting statements are her thoughts of going back and forth.