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! Je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes
Des jours heureux où nous étions amis
En ce temps-là, la vie était plus belle
Et le soleil plus brûlant qu`aujourd`hui
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Tu vois, je n`ai pas oublié
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi
Et le vent du Nord les emporte
Dans la nuit froide de l`oubli
Tu vois, je n`ai pas oublié
La chanson que tu me chantais
C`est une chanson qui nous ressemble
Toi qui m`aimais et je t`aimais
Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble
Toi qui m`aimais, moi qui t`aimais
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s`aiment
Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Les souvenir et les regrets aussi
Mais mon amour silencieux et fidèle
Sourit toujours et remercie la vie
Je t`aimais tant, tu étais si jolie
Comment veux tu que je t`oublie
En ce temps-là, la vie était plus belle
Et le soleil plus brûlant qu`aujourd`hui
Tu étais ma plus douce amie
Mais je n`ai que faire des regrets
Et la chanson que tu chantais
Toujours, toujours, je l`entendrai!
C`est une chanson qui nous ressemble
Toi qui m`aimais et je t`aimais
Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble
Toi qui m`aimais, moi qui t`aimais
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s`aiment
Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis
Des jours heureux où nous étions amis
En ce temps-là, la vie était plus belle
Et le soleil plus brûlant qu`aujourd`hui
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Tu vois, je n`ai pas oublié
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi
Et le vent du Nord les emporte
Dans la nuit froide de l`oubli
Tu vois, je n`ai pas oublié
La chanson que tu me chantais
C`est une chanson qui nous ressemble
Toi qui m`aimais et je t`aimais
Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble
Toi qui m`aimais, moi qui t`aimais
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s`aiment
Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Les souvenir et les regrets aussi
Mais mon amour silencieux et fidèle
Sourit toujours et remercie la vie
Je t`aimais tant, tu étais si jolie
Comment veux tu que je t`oublie
En ce temps-là, la vie était plus belle
Et le soleil plus brûlant qu`aujourd`hui
Tu étais ma plus douce amie
Mais je n`ai que faire des regrets
Et la chanson que tu chantais
Toujours, toujours, je l`entendrai!
C`est une chanson qui nous ressemble
Toi qui m`aimais et je t`aimais
Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble
Toi qui m`aimais, moi qui t`aimais
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s`aiment
Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Les Feuilles mortes Lyrics as written by Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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