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.
Don't wanna think about it
Don't need a picture of it
I think we've traveled enough
No resolution to it, constant confusion
The kind that tears you up
So could we alter the lies?
Could we open the night?
The signs are screaming at us
The signs are screaming
Sad, but we will break it
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I can see you're faking
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
Can't we just talk about it
Instead of skating from it?
I think we've wondered enough
Cold front with everybody
The bitter sweet embrace
Kind that fused too much
So could we alter the pace?
Could we open the race?
The signs are screaming at us
The signs are screaming
Sad, but we will break it
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I can see you're faking
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
You're afraid of falling over the line
You're afraid of falling over the line
You're afraid of falling over the line
You're afraid of falling over the line
Sad, but we will break it
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I can see you're faking
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
Don't need a picture of it
I think we've traveled enough
No resolution to it, constant confusion
The kind that tears you up
So could we alter the lies?
Could we open the night?
The signs are screaming at us
The signs are screaming
Sad, but we will break it
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I can see you're faking
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
Can't we just talk about it
Instead of skating from it?
I think we've wondered enough
Cold front with everybody
The bitter sweet embrace
Kind that fused too much
So could we alter the pace?
Could we open the race?
The signs are screaming at us
The signs are screaming
Sad, but we will break it
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I can see you're faking
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
You're afraid of falling over the line
You're afraid of falling over the line
You're afraid of falling over the line
You're afraid of falling over the line
Sad, but we will break it
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I can see you're faking
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
I don't wanna leave you now
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
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.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.